Blog

Keep up to date on the project with our regular blog posts from across the PACCo team.

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 ...

Lower Otter Restoration Project landfill case study summary by Ben Fouqué

A summary of our full case study report outlining the works and options considered to mitigate risk from the historical ...

Connected rivers – the Otter and the Saâne

Two mirror stories: the River Otter in Devon and the River Saâne in Normandy were cut off from their natural ...

Basse Saâne 2050, media star

The Basse Saâne 2050 project has put Quiberville, Longueil and Sainte-Marguerite on the front pages of the national and regional ...

Land acquisition for the Basse Saâne 2050 project: who does what

Several players share the task of buying the land needed for the component parts of the project, according to their ...

Fauna-Flora Inventory: No show for the water shrew

Between February 2021 and February 2022, everything that lives in the lower Saâne Valley, including birds, algae, rodents and insects, ...

Basse Saâne 2050: where do we go from here?

Ambitious and innovative. The territorial project shapes the future layout of the lower valley. What will the Lower Saâne Valley ...

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 ...