Weir removal: The need for a broader, risk-based analysis

Weir removal: The need for a broader, risk-based analysis

The motivation for this blog comes from the DRiPS committee’s anxiety about the removal of weirs on the Darent, particularly one of the biggest and most beautiful at Old Mill Close, Eynsford. Many weirs, together with their sluices and clay bunds, form millheads which...
Summer Balsam bash has success – but big push needed next year

Summer Balsam bash has success – but big push needed next year

Himalayan Balsam bashers have been out this summer on the banks of the Darent, led by the indefatigable Mark Gallant of the North West Kent Countryside Partnership. This is part of the annual management of this invasive non-native species by teams of volunteers....