02 Apr 2026

Image Description: Landscape view of the River Dart in Devon. Photo by Valentina Sotnikova on Unsplash England’s water environment faces a perfect storm The Environment Agency has published their latest Chief Scientist’s Annual Review 2025, highlighting how they are using science to support the country’s ambition for sustainable growth and respect the nature that underpins […]

08 Feb 2017

Floodplain Meadows: combining beauty with utility & Handbook for guidance Ann Skinner, 8 July 2016 — Community, Flood, Other areas of our work Environment Agency Blog: The value of floodplain meadows was well understood in mediaeval times, when the Domesday Book recorded them as 10 times more valuable than arable land because without them people could not keep their animals […]