River Granta gets a wiggle on
Chalk stream preservation is vital - recent restoration work on the river Granta in Cambridgeshire has reshaped banks and created a scrape and backwater
News: Chalk streams
credit Sam Tucker
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Our chalk streams are in crisis
The Cam Valley Forum has released a Manifesto for the River Cam, and coverage has been growing in the press about the problems facing our iconic chalk streams
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