Celebrating 25 Years of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project
Published to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project, the report summarises project activities, looks at the past and current condition of the Chilterns streams, and sets outs the future vision for the project.
Published to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project, the report summarises project activities, looks at the past and current condition of the Chilterns streams, and sets outs the future vision for the project.
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OVERVIEW
MISBOURNE
‘Chalk Streams in Crisis’
highlighted the drying
up of multiple Chilterns
Chalk Streams as a result
of below average rainfall in
2018/2019, combined with
over-abstraction. The Chess
and Ver were featured in the
report, and other rivers, such
as the River Gade (pictured),
also suffered from a lack of
flow in their headwaters at
this time.
By September 2019
67% of the total length of
chalk stream habitat in the
Chilterns AONB was dry
THE CHANGING NATIONAL CONTEXT OVER 25 YEARS OF THE CCSP | 21
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