2026 will be Ousewem's largest year of NFM delivery, alongside the application of 4 years of evidence and learning to prepare for the next phase of flood resilience beyond 2027.
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Rising waters | Rooted solutions
2026 will be Ousewem's largest year of NFM delivery, alongside the application of 4 years of evidence and learning to prepare for the next phase of flood resilience beyond 2027.
Read more
Our delivery team has spent the past six months refining practical measures that work on real farms. Recent work has also deepened our understanding of how NFM performs across varied conditions.
Ousewem is exploring how soil health management could become part of our offer to landowners. Soil health - how it’s maintained and improved - has been a missing piece we’ve wanted to test.
We’re inviting university students to join the 2025 programme. Whether your interests lie in environmental science, geography or community engagement, there’s scope to make a tangible contribution.
Ousewem is helping to highlight the need for future catchment-scale programmes to build in proportional checks on geology earlier in the process.
Ouswem has partnered with Hauxwell Estate to restore a meandering beck and create a new 9 hectares wetland. The project slows and stores water, improving flood resilience and habitats for wildlife.
Experts from across the region explored how nature-based solutions (NbS) can help residents, landowners, and local businesses adapt to climate change while attracting investment.
The York rivers trail is growing with ideas and creativity from schools, community groups and local residents and visitors. Keep following along...
How can green finance support natural flood management (NFM) in Yorkshire? That question is at the heart of Ousewem’s latest film...
Building directly on work first developed through Ousewem, read how the Environment Agency has taken our work forward nationally.
This September, we invite you to take part in the soft launch of the York rivers trail as part of the York Environment Festival and York Walking Festival.