Over the duration of Natural Course, we will deliver 50 Actions, 81 Sub-actions and 182 Deliverables.

These include:

Project namePhase 1 / 2Phase 3Phase 4
A.1Develop integrated water management framework✔
A.2Review third party knowledge assessment in RBMP✔
A.3Review of suitability of predictive and certainty tools required for facilitating multiple benefit investment✔
A.4Review current water governance model✔✔
A.5Delivery of a Natural Capital approach✔
A.6Collaborative Team working✔✔
A.7Collaborative working to secure complementary funding and actions✔✔
A.8Catchment Benchmarking✔
C.1River restoration and redressing physical modification✔✔
C.2Manage pollution from waste water✔✔✔
C.3Manage pollution from towns, cities and transport✔
C.4Changes to natural flow and water level✔
C.5Managing pollution from rural areas✔✔
C.6Mobilising funds for multiple benefits and ecosystem services✔✔✔
C.7Supply chain water management and stewardship✔✔
C.8Catchment Director posts✔
C.9Use of tools and data✔✔
C.10Catchment operation✔✔
C.11Innovative funding for Wyre NFM interventions✔
C.12Challenging Links and Integrating Multiple Benefits (CLIMB)✔
C.13Rush Control Trials for farming, biodiversity and run-off reduction✔
C.14Greater Manchester River Ecology Project✔✔
C.15Tackling pressures on urban water courses✔
C.16Wider engagement across Greater Manchester on how to use a natural capital approach✔✔
C.17Use a natural capital approach to generate investment in GM – identify projects that are attractive to investors✔✔
C.18Integrated Wetland Network✔✔
C.19Understanding and taking action on plastics pollution✔✔
C.20Support for Catchment Partnerships✔
C.21Enabling citizen science✔
C.22Improving urban planning’s contribution to River Basin Management Plan delivery✔
C.23Water Governance✔
C.24River Irt High Ecological Status✔
C.25Using Local Nature Recovery Network Strategies to deliver WFD objectives✔
C.26Urban diffuse pollution✔