Network Rail Graduates Explore Nature-Based Solutions in the Culm Catchment

Network Rail graduates and university students on industry placements recently visited the River Culm catchment to learn how nature-based solutions can help build climate resilience and reduce flood risk for infrastructure and local communities.

The visit, led by the Connecting the Culm team, provided an opportunity to see a range of measures in action, from leaky dams and river restoration to agroforestry, hedgerow planting and floodplain reconnection projects. The group explored sites across the catchment, from the headwaters in the Blackdown Hills National Landscape to the wider floodplain, gaining first-hand insight into how working with natural processes can complement traditional engineering approaches.

For the future engineers, the day highlighted how catchment-scale thinking, partnership working and nature-based solutions can play an important role in addressing the climate resilience challenges of the future.

Read the full blog to learn more about the visit and the nature-based solutions being delivered through the Connecting the Culm project.