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Clearing the way: Ditch clearance for improved site drainage

Sometimes the solution to drainage problems is getting back to basics, and that's exactly what the JPR team has been doing on a recent business park where vegetation overgrowth was causing narrowing of the channel and a reduction in water holding capacity.

Biodiversity Equipment JPR Nature

Making a splash: Nature pond creation

The JPR team has been continuing work on a housing development in South Bristol with the creation of a nature pond.

Equipment JPR Peat

To flow, or not to flow

That is the question. Okay, we’re not going Shakespearean or Danish on you, don’t worry. It’s more a comparison of two different approaches to peatland restoration. We’ve got a few projects ongoing at the moment, and for this blog, we’re focusing on two; one in Dorset and the other in Somerset.

JPR Reed Beds

Reed bed project takes off

This month, JPR’s team has completed work on a reed bed construction – the Dakota project; a name with some historical relevance…

Equipment JPR

Eat, sleep, restore, re-peat

Autumn this year will see the JPR team back in their wellies and heading south to start work on some peatland restoration projects in Somerset and Dorset.

Equipment JPR

No such thing as a free lunch

The JPR team has been busy working at a Primary school in Somerset rehoming badgers that had taken up residence underneath some temporary cabins, benefitting from ‘free school meals’ and complicating renovation works.

JPR Rivers

Safety first

Training is an ongoing cycle and as part of this commitment, we recently sent six members of our team on a two-day Level 2 Inland Waterside Safety and Rescue course

Equipment Rivers

Access all areas

Recently, we were requested to attend a property in Herefordshire where a stream at the bottom of a customer’s grounds was causing erosion of the bank and undermining the upper levels of the gardens.