Landowner facing legal action over ‘decimation’ of Herefordshire river
by Sandra Laville from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WY39)
Environmental agencies investigated reports of dredging, illegal tree felling and profiling of banks of protected river
A landowner is facing legal action for what environmental regulators say is the decimation of a protected river.
Natural England and the Environment Agency (EA) say the charges against the landowner include causing damage to a site of special scientific interest (SSSI), carrying out clearance and reprofiling of the riverbank which was likely to cause damage to or endanger the stability of the river and allowing silt to discharge into the river.
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