Trout Stream Restoration: Racing to Revive Malham Beck

Malham Cove is world famous for its limestone pavement habitat - set in a beautiful landscape that masks the ecological struggles of Malham Beck.
This video showcases the trout stream restoration measures used to tackle some of the impacts of land use changes over time and highlights the importance of trees to the health of rivers and streams.
Efforts to put in place simple measures to help restore the river and its trout and other inhabitants are covered here. These include grazing exclusion to re-establish riverbank vegetation along with allowing the river to naturally re-meander sections that have been locked in place with stone walls. Active installation of large woody material within the channel and protected areas of tree planting all combine to improve the whole river corridor for terrestrial and aquatic species.