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FARMERS I NVI TED TO BI D ONLI NE FOR SOMERSET FLOOD WORKS Far mer sac r os s Somer s etar ebei ng i nv i t edt obi di nt he c ount y ’ sbi gges t auc t i ony etf orwor k s t ohel ps t opf l oodi ng. Theauc t i onwi l l r un onl i nef r om Wednes day18Mar c h t oMonday30Mar c hatwww. nat ur ebi d. or g. uk ,f ol l owi ng s uc c es s f ul t r i al sf undedbySomer s etRi v er sAut hor i t y ( SRA)i n2018and2019. Thi sy eart heSRA,Env i r onmentAgenc y ,andFar mi ng& Wi l dl i f eAdv i s or yGr oupSout hWes t( FWAG SW)ar eof f er i ngf ar mer sac hoi c eofupt os ev endi f f er entmet hods ofnat ur al f l oodmanagement( NFM) .Thes ei nc l ude hedgepl ant i ng,bet t ermai z emanagement ,andgr as s l ands ubs oi l i ngands l i t t i ng. Al l meas ur eshel pt os l owt hef l owofwat er ,whi l edel i v er i ngot herbenef i t s .Forex ampl e,gr as s l ands ubs oi l i ng ands l i t t i ngaer at et hegr ounds ot hatmor er ai nwat erc an f i l t eri n,andt heyal s oi mpr ov et hes oi l . Al l t hatf ar mer smus t dot ot ak epar ti sv i s i t t heNat ur eBi dwebs i t e, c hoos eoneormor e NFM met hods ,s el ec t ar easoft hei rl and wher et heybel i ev e t hos emet hodswi l l get t hebes tf l ood pr ev ent i onr es ul t s , t henbi df orf undi ng. Thet ot al av ai l abl et hi s y eari s£40, 000,t hebi gges ts um y et . Af t ert heauc t i onc l os es ,bi dsgetc hec k edbyFWAG SW. Gr ant sf r om t heSRAandEnv i r onmentAgenc yar et hen gi v ent ot hebes t ,mos tc ompet i t i v el y pr i c edi deas . Cl l rDav i dHal l ,Chai rofSomer s etRi v er sAut hor i t y ,s ai d: “ Oneoft hek eypoi nt sr ec ogni s edi nSomer s et ’ s20Year Fl oodAc t i onPl an,whi c hwasdr awnupdur i ngt hemaj or f l oodsof2014,i st hatwhathappensont hel andi sr eal l y i mpor t ant .Ev er yf i el d,ev er yf ar m,ev er ys t r eam hasa par tt opl aywheni tc omest omanagi ngwat er .
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