Living Willow for Natural Flood Management
One of our latest projects has been installing living willow dams as an innovative method of natural flood management on the moors around Marsden and Saddleworth for National Trust. The species was selected not to be too vigorous as to pose a management issue in the future and bundled into faggots. These were then transported onto the moor using a low ground pressure vehicle. The faggots were dug in and staked into the position in the gullies with turves stacked up and pushed