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Environment Agency York FAS Update August 2021

Posted on 25 August, 2021 by greatemancipator

Bumped into the EA on Rawcliffe Meadows on 24th August 2021 and was given a copy of the attached. Provisional start date on works early September 2021.EA York FAS Update August 2021

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Could the Environment Agency Organise a “pi** up in a brewery”?

Posted on 26 July, 2020 by greatemancipator

When the Environment Agency (EA) dreamed up their “wish list” for the York Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS) following the windfall £45 Million pound funding they were given after the 2015 floods they didn’t even have it on their initial five … Continue reading →

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The Biodiversity of Rawcliffe Meadows, York

Posted on 18 May, 2020 by greatemancipator

  [From the Introduction] Despite the supposed protection SSSI status brings, much of the grassland will soon be destroyed or permanently damaged when the Environment Agency (EA) enlarges the flood bank running through the site. FoRM were unable to support … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows – May Update

Posted on 7 May, 2020 by greatemancipator

Thanks to Judi for keeping us supplied with photographs of the Meadows as she carries out her permitted exercise. Above is the Oak tree at the pinch point on the cycle track that may or may not survive the Barrier … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows Annual Report 2019 – The Final One

Posted on 3 January, 2020 by greatemancipator

As the Environment Agency are planning on starting work on the Barrier Bank in 2020 which is likely to destroy much of the past 29 years hard work we are issuing a final report that is a brief summary of … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows – Policy Statement, October 2019

Posted on 17 October, 2019 by greatemancipator

  Those Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows present at a meeting in November 2018 agreed that “we do not wish to be involved in any mitigation where we consider the proposals inadequate, inappropriate or under-funded.” As the approved planning application stands … Continue reading →

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Rawcliffe Meadows Work Party 13th October 2019 – Tree Sparrow Nest Boxes

Posted on 13 October, 2019 by greatemancipator

An outcome from the Rawcliffe Meadows Breeding Bird Survey of 2015 had been to place some Tree Sparrow nest boxes on the eastern bank of the Reservoir Basin (just below the allotments) as there was identified to be a paucity … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Rawcliffe Meadows – update Friday 13th September

Posted on 13 September, 2019 by greatemancipator

The planning committee meeting to decide upon the EA application occurred last night (12th September 2019) and is available to watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vh5Y8-u3Ws&feature=youtu.be (after 10 minutes). It ended up taking until almost 19:30 to get a decision as around half the committee … Continue reading →

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The Ups and Downs of Tansy Beetle Numbers at Rawcliffe Meadows (Revised August 2021)

Posted on 28 August, 2019 by greatemancipator

The Pond at Rawcliffe Meadows was excavated in May 1991, and the mounds and funnel that surround it were created from the spoil. Although Tansy Beetles had been seen along the Ings Dyke, that runs between Rawcliffe Meadows and Clifton … Continue reading →

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Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows – What may the Future Hold?

Posted on 9 August, 2019 by greatemancipator

York Natural Environment Trust (YNET) took over the management of what is now Rawcliffe Meadows at the request of the then National Rivers Authority (NRA) in 1990, so almost 3 decades of work have gone into transforming the once poached … Continue reading →

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