River Lugg, Herefordshire

[hootbe]

Environment Agency to launch 'wide-ranging' probe into river destruction

THE Environment Agency is treating devastating damage of the river Lugg "very seriously" and said it is launching a wide-ranging probe to…

www.herefordtimes.com

 

[Wilksy]

Anyone know the inside track on this? Why did someone do it?

 

[spin cycle]

key throw gonna they

 

[R J]

The press really are a joke ,
It should read " local farmer does work the useless environment agency should have carried out to help prevent flooding "

 

[primmiemoo]

It's a mile [edit: 1.5km stated in the article. I must have misheard the news this morning] of bank, though - not some effort to manage a bottleneck that floods.

Are they under the impression that it's ok because a) it's "hlandscaping" (these could be incomers with pretensions and a mile long river fronted "hgarden"), or b) they think the Law doesn't apply to them because they don't claim subsidies?

 

[GeorgeK]

EA's going to need a bigger book to throw. I think whoever did this will regret it, and will be paying to have it 'restored,' which won't be cheap

 

[teslacoils]

Wow.

 

[Kidds]

The press really are a joke ,
It should read " local farmer does work the useless environment agency should have carried out to help prevent flooding "

I did wonder

 

[Princess Pooper]

Who's trashed the SSSI then?

 

[jendan]

Who's trashed the SSSI then?

It looked a real neat and tidy job.

 

[JCfarmer]

On local news and main news someone has been ripping out trees and bushes along the bank of the river Lugg. Over a mile stretch.
Not even a blade of grass 20ft back from the water. It looked like the river flowed well in some' before footage'.
Why do it?
Hopefully it wasn't a farmer?
The enviromentalists/ agency were going mad and want the government to prosecute.
That will fuel Packham!

 

[Kevtherev]

It’s all over FB
Work gone on for a few weeks by the looks

 

[Kevtherev]

Work been done over a few weeks by looks
Why are they investigating now?

 

[serf]

Who's trashed the SSSI then?

Is this code for who's tidied up an over grown ditch that wasnt serving the purpose it was put there for and some one with a clip board has found a purpose for their over paid job description by causing some grief !

 

[spin cycle]

mind you if it was being done in the name of hs2 it'd be alright

 

[Danllan]

On local news and main news someone has been ripping out trees and bushes along the bank of the river Lugg. Over a mile stretch.
Not even a blade of grass 20ft back from the water. It looked like the river flowed well in some' before footage'.
Why do it?
Hopefully it wasn't a farmer?
The enviromentalists/ agency were going mad and want the government to prosecute.
That will fuel Packham!

It's on the BBC main news front page!

Protected River Lugg was 'bulldozed' in 'wildlife crime' - BBC News

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

First class job done and won't need doing again for 30 or more years so all the creatures will recolonise from the bank on the other side where most will have gone while the work was going on.

 

[serf]

Yep nature sorts its self out , it will still be here long after we,re gone

 

[Clive]

I watched that report and thought sonewhere there is a farmer in a lot of trouble

rather a silly thing to do without permission / consultation these days

 

[JCfarmer]

It's on the BBC main news front page!

Protected River Lugg was 'bulldozed' in 'wildlife crime' - BBC News

Yeah I know its the most important story ever!