Restoring the Water: Supporting Species and Habitats

The River Lark chalk stream is a unique and important habitat of which there are very few worldwide. This project will undertake signifincant river restoration on the river Lark, between Fornham upstream and beyond Mildenhall whilst developing sustainable community-based river management.

Removing in-river structures and create fish passes on the R. Lark to enable the free flow of Native wild brown trout and other river species

Construction of a single flight Larinier Fish pass that also provides passage for canoes.

The River Lark chalk stream is a unique and important habitat of which there are very few worldwide. The chalk stream globally is a very rare type of river with a unique ecology.

A rare relict of the last Ice Age, pingos (a specialist form of pond) occur in significant numbers in the Brecks.

Providing a joined-up approach for delivering bespoke land management advice for the Brecks’ riparian landowners.