Transcript Skills workshop - North York Moors National Park

North York Moors National Park
Joint Area Parish Forum
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership
Reconnecting Nature, Reconnecting People
David Renwick
The Rye: a UK river in miniature providing a valuable
opportunity to explore and link upland and lowland issues in one
small area
Wealth of rare
and designated
species
• Alcathoe and a range of other bats
• White clawed crayfish
• Otter
• Water vole
• Veteran trees
• Migratory fish e.g. lamprey and eel
High
concentration of
designated
habitats
• Number of UKBAP Habitats: Moorland,
Species Rich Grasslands, Woodland (Native
& Planted Ancient), Wetlands and River
• Flows through two Protected Landscapes
• Feeds the River Derwent Special Area of
Conservation (SAC) and a number of
SSSIs
Source of clean
water and wider
ecosystem
services
• Provider of clean water – in the right
quantities!
• Flood regulation/attenuation
• Carbon storage in woodlands and peats at
the top of the catchment
• Food production – livestock and arable
farming
Rich cultural
heritage
• The river has been a source of inspiration
for centuries
• World renown cultural landmarks: Rievaulx,
Duncombe Park and Nunnington
• Vibrant economy , celebrated market towns
of Helmsley, Malton and Pickering
The Landscape Area
At the heart of the the landscape is the River Rye, a vital artery that defines the
landscape, providing a constant throughout the area and a distinct sense of place.
“Everywhere peace, everywhere serenity and a marvellous freedom from the
tumult of the world” – St Aelred, Rievaulx Abbey’s Third Abbot
The Rye – Summary of Issues
• Habitat decline and isolation
from:
• some unsympathetic land
& water practices
• climate change
• invasive species spread
• Impact of changes to agrienvironment schemes
• High levels of
phosphates and
sediment
• Seasonal Metaldehyde
contamination
• Moderate or poor in
WFD classifications
Habitat decline
and species loss
Water quality
• Widespread flooding on
numerous occasions:
Helmsley, Pickering,
Malton and Norton
• Flashy nature and
groundwater flooding
Flooding
• Disconnect between
local communities, the
river and services it
provides
Community
Engagement
Loss of Abundance
“The quality of the river and the high numbers of fish
in the river were known and even noted in the sale
particulars of Nunnington Hall in c.1830. It was said
that there was so much ‘salmon trout’ in the river
there was no need for a fishmonger!”
“In the mid 1980’s there were so many white clawed
crayfish in the river that my sons caught 80 in an
hour”
“We know how wonderful the river is but we know it
needs help”
Vision and Aims
Ryevitalise aims to protect and enhance
the area’s natural/cultural heritage,
resulting in a more natural, better
functioning and better understood
landscape.
Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership - overall Project Aims
Restoring the riparian and aquatic habitats of the Rye and the rich
biodiversity it supports.
Improving water quality through working with landowner/land managers to
address nutrient inputs and reduce diffuse pollution.
Employing natural flood risk management techniques to better regulate
water quantity and reduce downstream flooding.
To better understand the services the river provides us and how we use
them to live, work and play – conserving a record of the river’s cultural
heritage and economic significance to local communities and wider
beneficiaries.
Explore and interpret people’s perceptions of abundance/diversity and
the loss of this though folk memories, past artistic and literary
interpretations of the landscape and future aspirations stemming from this
for the future. This would be made available nationally to stimulate a wider
debate about loss of natural capital.
Ryevitalise Landscape
Partnership
Ryedale Natural
History Society
Derwent Dales
Farmer Group
Helmsley
Archaeological &
Historical Society
Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership – Budget
•
Total budget for the Project across both development (2 year) and delivery (4
year) is £3.2m including a match funding figure of £997k giving an overall
intervention rate of 66%. Delivery across 27 projects.
Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership – Projects
WATER ENVIRONMENT
• Reconnecting the Rye – Restoring and Reconnecting the
Rye's Habitats
• Reconnecting the Rye – A More Natural River
• Small and Tall - The Rye's Bats and Ancient Trees
• Saving the White-Clawed Crayfish
• Wooded Wonders - Restoring the Rye's Ancient
Woodland
• Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Control
• Ryething Around - Fish Passage on the Rye
Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership – Projects
WATER QUALITY
• Ryevitalised Farming: Water Quality Capital Grants
• Ryevitalised Farming: Working with Farmers
• Domestic advice and awareness
WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT
• Natural Flood Risk Management COMPLIMENTARY
PROJECT NOT PART OF APPLICATION
Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership – Projects
RECONNECTING PEOPLE
• Preserving our relationship with the Rye - The Working Rye
• From Memory to Action – The Paradise Initiative
• Ryefly Monitoring
• Citizen Science Framework
• Preserving Yearsley Mill
• Interpretation
• Routes Along the Rye
• Upstream, Downstream Schools Programme
• Trout in the Classroom
• Young Angler Initiative
• Digital Rye
• Events and Promotion
The trailblazing story of ironstone
and railways in the North York
Moors
Making sense of a century of industry in a rural landscape
How far have we come?
• Partnership set up in 2012
• Stage One bid to HLF submitted May 2013
• Stage One pass for £3m granted October
2013
• Effective Permission to Start April 2014
• Development Phase April 2014 – October
2015
• Stage Two bid to HLF 31 October 2015
Projects in the scheme
• Scheme will deliver from 2016-2021
• 52 projects submitted for the Scheme (7 of
these are ‘aspirational’)
• Cultural Heritage
• Natural Environment
• Access, engagement and interpretation
• Cross cutting: scheme wide (eg training,
volunteers and community grants)
Contingency,
£120,000.00
Programme
Management,
£554,691.00
Archaeology,
£984,092.00
Cross cutting,
£446,000.00
Interpretation,
£660,000.00
Biodiversity,
£719,000.00
What’s Happening Now?
• Putting in place a new project team
• Rosedale landslip and culvert repair
• Biodiversity work starting – farm
agreements and hay meadows
• Glaisdale fish pass
• Preparing for big year 2-4 built heritage
conservation work
• Attending shows/events and running a
series of community launches later this
year
Securing External Funding for
Delivery of National Park Priorities
Andy Wilson
Ideas for External Funding
External Funding
Coastal and Marine
Rivers
LIDAR
Sutton Bank Capital
Health
Work on Individual Rare Species
Ancient Woodland Restoration
Apprentice (Levy)
Local Food
Whitby/Redcar Railway Tunnels
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Bridges
Buildings and Monuments at Risk
Any More?
Rivers
Sutton Bank
Visitor Centre
Dukes and Pearls Project
Ancient
Woodland
Yorkshire Moors Agricultural
Apprenticeship Scheme
Capital of Cake
Whitby/Redcar
Railway
Tunnels
North Yorkshire
Moors Railway
Bridges
Monument Management Scheme