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Originally Posted by Rowlf
I read a good article in the Guardian yesterday about landlords who own grouse moors. They are paid subsidies like farmers and they are using it to make the ground better for the birds which means water runs off to flood villages and town below. Disgraceful.
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In the 1990's, the upland sheep farmers of Pontbren in the headwaters of the river Severn came up with a visionary scheme, they would replant the shelterbelts of forests that once clothed the welsh hillsides and soaked up the excess water.
Instead of the sheep treading down the turf, consolidating it and making it impervious to water, the trees would provide shelter for the livestock as well as acting as a natural drainage system, this method has been used by farmers for centuries in the U.k. slowing the flow of water downhill.
Do the so called powers that be, who sit in their leather armchairs, in air conditioned offices listen to the people that actually know the answers through years of experience.
I dispair, not for me, but for the generations yet to come.
(Try), to stay happy, Your's Taddy.