SRA Annual Report 2022-23: Introduction to Land Management including Natural Flood Management
Somerset Rivers Authority funds many land management and Natural Flood Management (NFM) activities across Somerset. Various techniques are used, singly or in combinations designed to suit to local needs and conditions. All share the aim of reducing local flood risks, by slowing the flow of water down through catchments in ways that work with nature.
This workstream is led for the SRA by the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SW (FWAG SW).
Activities generally go under the popular local branding of Hills to Levels.
In the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 (also known as the first revision of the 25 Year Environment Plan that was published in 2018), Hills to Levels is picked out as a case study for its success in addressing flood risks and creating wider environmental benefits.