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Leaky Dams Clonmany, Inishowen

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits the Inishowen Rivers Trust natural flood management project in Clonmany to see the newly installed leaky dams. These dams aim to slow the flow of water through the Ballyhallan River catchment and form part of a network of dams on streams and drains. Féidhlim explains how the dams work.
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(Domestic) Constructed Wetlands System in Inishowen

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Wetlands expert Feidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Feidlhim visits a constructed wetland system for a single domestic house and explains how the system works.
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Nature Based Solutions on Farm Drains

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits Breslin's farm in Redcastle and gives us a quick demo on how to improve a drainage channel to capture more silt and benefit biodiversity while still allowing the drain to function effectively.
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Nature Based Solutions on an Inishowen Farm

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits Breslin's farm in Redcastle to look at a farm pond and it's use for trapping silt. He also looks at a green barn initiative and discusses multi species swards.
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Inishowen Rivers Trust – Willow Spiling

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Listen to Lawrence McMinn (Ness Green Engineering) and Brendan Farren (Big Green Art) as they discuss how to use willow weaving to protect a river bank from erosion. Watch the full process from site choice, to choosing willow and how to install the spiling fence.
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Nature Based Solutions for Flood Management in Clonmany

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Presentation by Prof. Mary Bourke, Trinity College Dublin at a community event organised by the Inishowen Rivers Trust discussing flood management using nature based interventions on the streams and rivers of Clonmany, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. 23 July 2020. Original scoping project funded by OPW.
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