the River Restoration Centre Case Study Series This site was last visited by RRC staff on 10 th June 2008 Tel/fax: 01234 752979 Email: rrc@therrc.co.uk http://www.therrc.co.uk Boot Lane Enhancement Project – Gravel riffles (1) Technique: Gravel riffle creation Project location: Boot Lane Nature Reserve, Barrington River: Shep County: Cambridgeshire Project start date: March 2005 Project end date: November 2007 Length: Unknown Cost: £110 Upstream grid reference: TL396493 Site background The River Shep is a chalk stream, much of which is heavily degraded and has suffered from a combination of historical management, especially dredging and hence removal of any gravels and water abstraction. Vegetation cover was particularly extensive on the reach, restricting light from entering the channel a

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