Gloucester family tackles flood risk through proactive approach

Go with the flow sums up Debbie Wilkins’ approach to flood management on the family’s mixed farm near Gloucester, where up to 120-hectares (300-acres) can be under water over the winter

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Dr Debbie Wilkins.
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Dr Debbie Wilkins.

Former scientific researcher Dr Debbie Wilkins takes an experimental management approach when it comes to flooding, and one solution has been to maintain a large acreage of wildflower meadows. Some...

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