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Beavers 'employed' to help prevent flooding (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)

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Beavers “are being employed” to help prevent flooding in the Forest of Dean. Civic chiefs considered a report last week which looked at the lessons learnt from the flooding caused during Storm Bert in Lydney during November 2024.

Around 50 homes were flooded after the River Lyd burst its banks as the Severnside town received a month’s worth of rain in two days. Forest of Dean District Council discussed the learning from the multi-agency emergency response to Storm Bert at the overview and scrutiny committee meeting on July 17.

Councillors were told of the efforts being made to naturally slow the water flow upstream from Lydney. And it was revealed the semiaquatic rodents are playing their part in the flood prevention plans.

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