30. Invasive Non-Native Species Control

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

This project aims to eradicate invasive non-native species from the catchment. Read more ...

29. Sawbridgeworth Marsh Nature Reserve

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

Sawbridgeworth Marsh nature reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest lying alongside the River Stort and Stort Navigation. Read more ...

28. Keeping Kingfisher's Nesting on the Stort

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

Kingfishers are an iconic part of the Stort Valley's natural heritage. However, these beautiful birds are not as common as you might think. They can be given a helping hand to breed successfully by creating artifical nesting sites along the River Stort and Navigation. Read more ...

32. Riparian Rights and Responsibilities

Themes: People

This project aims to improve riparian landowner understanding of their rights and responsibilities and stimulate action for the river. Read more ...

27. Stort Valley Meadows

Theme: Habitats and wildlife; People

26. Bishop's Stortford Towpath Project

Themes: People

Location: Station Road to London Road.

This is one of several proposals to help improve and activate the Stort at Bishop's Stortford.

This project will provide a new towpath surface for shared use, linking in to the head of the Navigation in the heart of Bishop's Stortford.

25. Bishop's Stortford Piazza Project

Themes: People

Location: Barratt Homes land at Riverside

This project is one of several proposals to improve and activate the Stort at Bishop's Stortford. It includes improvements between the vacant retail units at Jackson Square and the river,on private land.  This work intends to develop the land as public realm.

24. Access improvements at Pishiobury Park

Themes: People

This project has seen the installation of bridges and boardwalks to create a link between Pishiobury Park and the River Stort towpath.  Read more ...

23. Sworders Field Masterplan

Themes: People

Create a masterplan for Sworders Field in Bishop’s Stortford, and adjacent areas in the control of Bishop’s Stortford Town Council.  The plan is to include various public facilities and will guide the development of the area for the period 2012-2022. Read more ...

22. Riverside Piazza Enhancement

Themes: People

To enhance the appearance of Bishop’s Stortford Riverside Piazza by providing screening, opening up the view to the river, managing the riverside planting and other enhancements. Read more ...

20. Stort Springs

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

To restore and continuously manage the Stort Spring (a local wildlife site) in Positive Conservation Management. Read more ...

19. Stort Navigation in Bishop's Stortford – Reedbeds

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

This project aims to restore and connect habitats up and downstream of Bishop's Stortford through creating reedbeds along the non- towpath side of the Navigation. Read more ...

18. Red White and Blue at Bishop Stortford

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

To restore flood plain habitats and enhance the river through the site. Read more ...

17. Hunsdon Mead to Harlow

Theme: Habitats and wildlife; People

To restore the entire flood plain priority habitat between Hunsdon Mead Site of Special Scientific Interest and Harlow. Read more ...

16. Hunsdon Mead Diffuse Water Pollution Plan

Themes: Quality

This project aims to identify the sources of pollution throughout the catchment with a view to resolving them. This would enable Hunsdon Mead Site of Special Scientific Interest to achieve favourable status. Read more ...

11. Riverfly Monitoring Initiative

Themes: Quality

Establishing Riverfly Monitoring on the River Stort. Read more ...

10. Managing the Stort Valley for Water Voles

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

Water Voles are one of the UK's most threatened mammals and have been declining in numbers over recent decades. Through conservation efforts, better land management and a partnership approach, these trends are being reversed across the Stort Valley. Read more ...

9. Thorley Wash Nature Reserve

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

Thorley Wash is a Site of Special Scientific Interest designated for its wildflowers associated with unimproved wet meadows. Read more ...

8. Mill Fen Sawbridgeworth

Theme: Habitats and wildlife; People

The creation of a community wetland nature reserve Read more ...

7. Pincey Brook restoration

Theme: Quality; Habitats and wildlife

This project aims to restore the Pincey Brook by dealing with the problems of water quality, siltation and heavy overshading. Read more ...

4. Kingfisher bank at Tednambury farm

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

To construct a kingfisher nesting bank Read more ...

31. Catchment Sensitive Farming - County Wide

Themes: Quality

Helping farms to play a key role in cleaning up rivers and streams. Read more ...

1. Canons Brook restoration

Theme: Quality; Habitats and wildlife

To tackle various problems facing the Cannons Brook, to generally improve the health of the watercourse Read more ...

15. Grange Paddocks

Theme: Flow; Habitats and wildlife; People

This project is to remove a weir and enhance the river for wildlife and people through Grange Paddocks in Bishop's Stortford. Read more ...

13. Understanding the Stort Valley’s importance to invertebrates

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

To better understand the significance of the Stort Valley to invertebrates Read more ...

3. Bringing Barn Owls back to the Stort Valley

Themes: Habitats and wildlife

Helping Barn Owls to colonise the Stort Valley through provision and monitoring of nesting boxes. Read more ...

14. Restoring the Stort at Hunsdon Mead

Theme: Flow; Habitats and wildlife

Hunsdon Mead is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) lying between the River Stort and Stort Navigation. It is one of the finest surviving wetland meadows in Hertfordshire, providing valuable unimproved grassland where orchids and wildflowers thrive. Read more ...