Blog: Water Works project

Stonechat at Kester's Docking, October 2020, by Henry Stanier

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Huntingdonshire Local Group volunteers planting typha latifolia at Water Works

All Hands on Deck at Water Works

The new wet-farming beds are rapidly filling up with the trial crops thanks to a steady flow of willing and hard-working volunteer groups

Carbon flux tower

Carbon balancing act

Ross Morrison of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will be monitoring carbon dioxide and methane output of trial crops in the Water Works project via flux chambers

Jack Clough, UEL wetland research

Wet, wet, wet!

Studying for a PhD at University of East London, Jack Clough charts his involvement in the Water Works project, the hopes being pinned on Glyceria fluitans and his own wetland journey

Water Works Great Fen dig 1 by Henry Stanier

Let the digging commence!

As work gets under way preparing land for wet farming trials in the Water Works project, there's a starring role for Sphagnum moss, with a strong supporting cast of bulrush, reeds and grain…

Sphagnum Moss

A new dawn for farming on the Fens

The Great Fen Restoration Manager reviews the pioneering Water Works project nine months in and reflects on its potential impact and timely relevance to the current climate crisis debate

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