Work at National Trust site to prevent flooding
Flood prevention work is taking place, in a bid to use land as a sponge for the River Severn and River Tern.
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"By putting these dams in, we are hoping to wet in the area up."
— Emilia Fahlstromova , Activist
"I think we [now] need to look at how we can hold more water on the land, so that we can reduce that flooding risk downstream."
— Jane Birch , Activist
"It solves a lot of problems, even if it is just a simple idea like sticking a few logs into a stream."
— David Gregory Kumar , Other
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Flood prevention work is taking place, in a bid to use land as a sponge for the River Severn and River Tern.
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