Farming and Watercourse Management Handbook

Introduction	Scotlands rivers and burns About this handbook Key references
Section 1	Basics of river behaviour How rivers create their channels Factors determining river stability Factors increasing the risk of instability Getting things in perspective
Section 2	Farms and water: Why should farmers bother thinking about water management? How farming can affect water and watercourses 10-point action plan for individual farms Golden rules for sorting out river management problems Key Scottish river wildlife - breeding times and habitat preferences Basic river survey checklist
Section 3	What to aim for - a blueprint for watercourse management Trees and shrubs along rivers, ditches and burns
Section 4	Legislation
Section 5	Pollution
Section 6	Cropping and grazing beside rivers Buffer strips Fencing
Section 7	Bank erosion Checklist for assessing erosion problems Soft revetment techniques Hard revetment techniques Bank reshaping and reprofiling Deflecting water away from the eroding bank
Section 8	Field drainage and ditch management Dredging and channel widening Chemical control of vegetation
Section 9	Reducing flood damage Managed flooding Embankments and floodbanks Partial dredging Construction of relief channels Channel realignment
Section 10	Using water wisely - abstraction and irrigation
Section 11	Gravel extraction

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