I recently wrote an article for Life Fellows News updating the story of our work to protect the Severn estuary from damaging barrage proposals while at the same time supporting the search for more sustainable options for harnessing the power of the tides.
The newsletter has just been mailed – so if you are visiting the Saving Special Places blog for the first time, welcome. Do have a rummage around earlier posts; you can find out about the threats we are facing at Dungeness (from airport expansion) and on the Clyde (from proposals for a new coal fired power station).
Returning to the Severn – did you see last week’s episode of Countryfile? The excitement generated by the surfers catching the Severn bore was infectious! If you didn’t, you can see it here for a few more days.
Since writing the piece for Life Fellows News we have been busy highlighting the risks a Severn barrage would bring to vital issues such as flood defence and not just to the natural environment and wildlife that depends on it. We believe that Government has been slow to recognise the risks and we organised presentations from Dutch experts familiar with the impact of a tidal surge barrier built across the Eastern Scheldt in Holland in the early 1980s. You can read more about this work here.
And finally – here’s where you can find out more about Life Fellowship and how you can boost support for our vital work.