Management Advice

The Chilterns Chalk Streams Project can help landowners and managers to conserve and enhance their rivers and riverside land by providing best practice management advice. The Project provides free advisory visits and can produce management plans on request.

If you would like advice on how to manage your section river or riverside land please contact us.

Advice Leaflets

Ewelme Brook

The Ewelme Brook flows through gardens for much of its length. Small scale improvements made by individual homeowners add up to make a big difference. Download the leaflet to find out more.

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Reviving the Wye

As a landowner or manager your actions can greatly enhance the habitats and wildlife of the River Wye and its valley environment. Download the leaflet to find out more

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Cherishing the Chess

As a landowner or manager your actions can greatly enhance the habitats and wildlife of the River Chess and its valley environment. Download the leaflet to find out more

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Managing the River Misbourne

As a landowner or manager your actions can greatly enhance the habitats and wildlife of the River Misbourne and its valley environment. Download the leaflet to find out more

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Invasive Plants of Chilterns Streams

Invasive non-native species can outcompete native plants.Throughout the Chilterns globally rare chalk streams are being negatively affected by these plants.

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Chalk Streams Planning Guidance

We’re proud to have collaborated with the Chess Smarter Water Catchment Project and Chilterns Conservation Board on the launch of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Planning Guidance – the first of its kind in England. This important new resource aims to improve the way chalk streams are considered in planning and development decisions, helping to protect and restore these rare and precious ecosystems across the Chilterns.

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