River Lark Catchment Adviser
Organisation type:
NGO/ Conservation Body
Contact name:
Ros Alexander
Position/ Role:
Chair of Charity Trustees, host of a Farm Cluster, and project lead
email:
Grants interested in applying for:
Lowland Peat Water Discovery Grant, Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund
Region:
Suffolk
Areas of expertise
Carbon accounting/ water management, Environmental monitoring (habitats, water quality), Hydrology, rewetting infrastructure, water management (e.g. tilting weirs, level-control structures), Farmer engagement/ knowledge exchange, Landscape scale planning (aligned with Defra's Landscape Recovery), Peatland restoration, Private finance, Scientific research (ecology, soils, modelling, remote sensing, biogeochemistry)
Resources available
Match funding opportunities, Monitoring and sensing equipment (e.g. hydrology, ecology, remote sensing) equipment, Staff time/ research capacity
Engagement interests
Working with our partners (including local farmers, those in the Lark and Little Ouse Headwaters farm cluster , and in the Lark Abstractors Group, as well as other landowners including West Suffolk Council), and in the light of our Fluvial Audit from the University of Southampton, we are trying to identify suitable sites for all three of the grants listed above.
RLCP is experienced in delivering NbS river restoration works, and has established CS and continuous water quality monitoring programmes. Our new website is https://riverlark.org.uk
Additional information
Our new website is https://riverlark.org.uk, which includes a link to the Fluvial Audit from University of Southampton