Restoration project aims to 'give river back to Market Harborough'

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Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Environment and also in Education

A conservation task force made up of University of Leicester expertise, ecologists and community members is seeking to restore the vitality of a watercourse through a historic Leicestershire market town. The half-a-million-pound project aims to restore the River Welland at Market Harborough, led by University of Leicester biologist Dr David Harper, whose career has been devoted to conservation. Dr Harper said: “The aim of the project is to put nature back in the river and give the river back t...

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