SUSSEX FLOW INITIATIVE
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Natural Flood Management
Working with and restoring nature

The Sussex Flow Initiative (SFI) is a Natural Flood Management (NFM) project working with and restoring natural processes to reduce flood risk within the River Ouse catchment, in Sussex.
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​SFI was formed in 2012, as a partnership between the Woodland Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Environment Agency. It is further supported by funding from Lewes District Council. 
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Our Work...
SFI works with landowners, local people and others to investigate, promote and create natural features designed to slow and store water in the landscape and to help reduce flood peaks. We aim to deliver multiple benefits for people and wildlife, as well as to show how NFM can be used to support traditional flood management methods to help reduce flooding.
​Our Natural Flood Management work includes:
  • Introducing Large Woody Debris - leaky dams
  • Ditch blocking
  • Flood storage areas
  • Recreating and restoring washland meadows
  • Managing and creating riparian corridors
  • Cross-slope hedge planting
  • Riparian tree planting (along riverbanks)
  • Woodland planting and management
  • Soil management to improve capacity to absorb water (infiltration)

Feel free to Contact Us for more information
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A series of scrapes created, adjacent to cross-slope hedge planting.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Natural Flood Management
    • Beavers
    • Links and Resources
  • Our Work
    • Woodlands
    • Hedgerows
    • Wood in rivers
    • Flood Storage Ponds
    • Washland meadows
    • Annual Reports
  • Case Studies
  • Ouse Catchment
  • News
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteering
    • Research Projects
  • Contact Us