Reflections on the PACCo final conference Feb 2023 by Carolyn Petersen

Reflections on the PACCo final conference Feb 2023 by Carolyn Petersen

We arrived in sunny Portsmouth on the Monday afternoon in time to set up our PACCo stall. The conference venue ...

Illustrating the changes on the Lower Otter by John Washington, Budleigh Salterton artist

Knowing that a major restoration project was due to begin, early 2021 seemed like an ideal opportunity to plan a ...

Fish monitoring on the Lower Otter: the vital importance of estuarine habitat restoration for fish nursery and feeding grounds, by Steve Colclough

Estuaries are extremely productive environments, playing a crucial part in the life cycle of many fish species. They act as ...

A day in the life of a Graduate Engineer on the PACCo project by Ed McIntyre

Ed is a Graduate Engineer who joined the Environment Agency’s graduate programme in 2021. He obtained a first-class honours in ...

Introducing the results of the PACCo visitor / user surveys for both the Lower Otter and Saâne Valleys

An overview of the results of our surveys is now available here (and in the reports section of the PACCo ...

Stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the PACCo climate adaptation project by Sam Bridgewater

It is natural towards the end of a project to become reflective and ask yourself whether you are happy with ...

The PACCo journey: reflections on a managed realignment and adaptation to climate change project by Sam Bridgewater

This summer, after 15 years of planning and an immense collective effort, a breach will be made in a flood ...

Valuing the benefits of managed realignment and estuary restoration: Using a natural capital approach

This blog post by Sam Bridgewater gives some background to the natural capital valuation approaches used in PACCo to assess ...