The Hills to Levels (H2L) project is funded by the Somerset Rivers Authority and provides the land management workstream of the Somerset 20-year Flood Action Plan. The scheme is designed to support farmers in responding to the climate and nature crises we are currently facing.
It is a holistic catchment management approach across the catchments of Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on floodplains.
We provide advice and can access capital grants for farmers and landowners in respect of Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.
Contact: To contact FWAG SW about Hills to Levels, please email info@fwagsw.org.uk quoting ‘Hills to Levels’ in the email title, or call: 01823 660684.