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JB
In the early 1970s the river Darent nearly ran dry because of excessive abstraction and drought. A group of 30 environmentalists took on the water board of the time and forced the closure of the boreholes which were depleting the aquifer. The silt and invasive alien weeds were removed leaving clean gravel and restoring flow, indigenous weeds were then planted. The banks were worked to recreate the original meanders and an agreement was forged with the farmers to preserve the surrounding water meadows. This has created a thriving river, full of invertebrates (many rare), fish and their predators (including generations of Kingfishers which have nested for the last 30 years).
These environmentalists are a fishing club, I am a member. The work is ongoing. If anyone wants to tell me that 40 years of my life is morally wrong, tell everyone about what you have achieved, not about what you have given up.
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