Broads Guardian Scheme Expression of Interest
In July 2023 BASG applied for a £1.09m grant from the HLF in an attempt to fund the planned Broads Guardian Scheme. However this wasn’t successful. SSF Grant Application
My views on Broads Environment Management
Since we ran the stakeholder meeting to engage all Broads stakeholders on the emerging risks to the Broads Environment following the Environment Agency saying they couldn’t provide the resources to manage the Broads Environment. To publicly now hear the area director state, they can’t resource either proactively or re-actively respond to incidents as government budget…
Holding the EA to Accoint
EA Fisheries Engagement The comments below reflect the outcomes from discussions with the EA management team led by Simon Hawkins, which started in Oct-22 and progressed to a workshop on the 23rd June 2023. Simon introduced the meeting he had called with us and positioned the EA as being put into a corner by government…
BASG Campaign makes International News
Following our campaign over the Winter on Salinity incursions which obtained great traction on social media, a reporter from the US asked if she could look further into these challenges facing the Broads. Rachel Parsons published her report in the Thompson Reuters Context magazine, under the headline What’s the context? As Britain tries to achieve…
Maintaining the Broads Freshwater Environment
Following the significant saline event which occurred in September 2022, we have reviewed the previous papers from the Dutch experts back in 2016 and produced a desktop model to present a case across Broads stakeholders. The following presentation was used at the recent national freshwater fisheries conference hosted by the IFM and EA.
Broads Salinity Timeline Sep-22
Over the period 14th Sept for 10 days a significant saline event occurred right across the Broads. we have compiled events like River Levels, Salinity Readings taking by Volunteers and sighting of environmental impact like dead fish into a daily diary. It was this data that provided the evidence to map the impact and how…
Broads Salinity Potential Solution for discussion
Following the significant saline event which occurred in September 2022, we have reviewed the previous papers from the Dutch experts back in 2016 and produced a desktop model and paper as a potential solution for discussion and injection into the debates on Broadlands ability to adapt to climate change. The paper is in the form…
Average Thurne River Levels and Salinity Trends at Repps
Following the discussions with the authorities on the monitoring of salinity and river levels, we have been tracking this from the EA own telemetry data. We have been looking for trends averaged over 24 hours and the linkage between river levels and salinity levels. Data only exists in the public domain from Oct 2021 on…
Moves to Protect and secure the barrier
BASG has entered discussions with the Environment Agency in how they can sustain the asset now some 25 year old and in clear need of repair. The barrier has saved the lives of millions of fish over the years from the seemingly increasing trend of salinity levels reaching near sea water concentrations as far upstream…