Enhancing The River Ouse At Sheffield Park
Enhancing The River Ouse At Sheffield Park
2 PagesENHANCING THE RIVER OUSE AT SHEFFIELD PARK £108,761 5 Weeks Uck?eld Flood Alleviation The River Ouse was historically, dramatically altered as a result of changes in land use and transport developments. The Ouse Navigation Act of 1790 was one such development that caused large scale changes, straightening, deepening and impounding the river along much of its length. These interventions reduced the quality of the river as a freshwater habitat and disconnected the river from its ?oodplain. The result was a channel that was ‘lost’ within the landscape, hidden in a very deep channel neither visible nor easily accessible to people. Shef?eld Park & Garden worked with the Environment Agency to address these alterations and looked to try and restore the natural functioning of the river, thus impro
