Had a conversation with a couple this afternoon about floodwater,
They was saying it was better to flood, farmland than towns and cities and villages, which sometimes I agree with (as long as it disappears as fast as it comes ) they were saying it better to slow
floodwater down and achieve this to sacrifice farmland.
Then the conversation got into river dredging, and farmers like myself need to stop cleaning out ditches now . And help slow water down. And so on , having right old go,I felt like I was taking the brunt off them. ,with them knowing bugger all about anything, just living in their little cottage, with postage stamp garden. Listening to much to professors of nothing, social media, newspapers and listening to much to the good work of the EA .
So of I went ,
I may not, know everything.
But this is, where I would start.
First job dredge and clean out all the rivers, streams and ditches so water would get away quicker and it would empty this big landscape you are looking at called a sponge which his full at the moment. because it cannot get away because the flow is too slow in the rivers, and when it’s not raining, it can start to dry out for the next rainstorm.
You cannot do that, think of all the wildlife habitat you will be destroying.
It will get over it.
So you think floored farm land isn’t
destroy habitat for all the wild creatures,
I wouldn’t like to think how many millions of creature it as drowned
Earthworms, all the living bugs in soil, All the hibernating animals, so I throw some in which they could think about .
Lizards, newt , shrew, field mice, toads,frogs, hedgehogs , stoats , weasels , bumblebees and loads birds losing their feeding ground, would you like me to keep going.
so you’re thinking ,it is ok to flood farmland for the sake of a bit of habitat in a river is ok ,please think again please, because I think your way of thinking you are murdering wildlife by the millions.
They was saying it was better to flood, farmland than towns and cities and villages, which sometimes I agree with (as long as it disappears as fast as it comes ) they were saying it better to slow
floodwater down and achieve this to sacrifice farmland.
Then the conversation got into river dredging, and farmers like myself need to stop cleaning out ditches now . And help slow water down. And so on , having right old go,I felt like I was taking the brunt off them. ,with them knowing bugger all about anything, just living in their little cottage, with postage stamp garden. Listening to much to professors of nothing, social media, newspapers and listening to much to the good work of the EA .
So of I went ,
I may not, know everything.
But this is, where I would start.
First job dredge and clean out all the rivers, streams and ditches so water would get away quicker and it would empty this big landscape you are looking at called a sponge which his full at the moment. because it cannot get away because the flow is too slow in the rivers, and when it’s not raining, it can start to dry out for the next rainstorm.
You cannot do that, think of all the wildlife habitat you will be destroying.
It will get over it.
So you think floored farm land isn’t
destroy habitat for all the wild creatures,
I wouldn’t like to think how many millions of creature it as drowned
Earthworms, all the living bugs in soil, All the hibernating animals, so I throw some in which they could think about .
Lizards, newt , shrew, field mice, toads,frogs, hedgehogs , stoats , weasels , bumblebees and loads birds losing their feeding ground, would you like me to keep going.
so you’re thinking ,it is ok to flood farmland for the sake of a bit of habitat in a river is ok ,please think again please, because I think your way of thinking you are murdering wildlife by the millions.
