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Originally Posted by wadey
The area has always flooded that's why they grow willow there, if anybody suggest draining or peat cutting the greens kick off, you just cannot win
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Apparently the environmentalists(tree huggers) played a big part in getting the dredging stopped. They said burying the water voles and other cuddly things which lived on the banks with the mud dug out was ruining the balance of nature. So the rivers silted up, the banks didn't get built up and I'll bet the voles still aren't happy, flooded out for five weeks.