Funding wetlands in the River Severn Valley

Severn & Wye Nature has secured government support for work with farmers along the Severn, Warwickshire Avon and related tributaries. 

The Severn is the UK’s longest river with a flat flood plain running for about 140 miles into the Welsh hills.   The project is designed to find ways to fund nature recovery on flood-affected land.

Government support comes through the NEIRF programme, designed to help make environmental improvement investment ready. 

The project group involves Severn Rivers Trust, National Trust, WWT and the Wildlife Trusts of Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire  and Gloucestershire. 

Our financial partner is Finance Earth. 

Farmers are at the heart of the project. Severn & Wye Nature are partnering with farmers to define ways in which they can make changes along the flood-affected river to benefit nature and deliver a realistic economic return. 

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