Concerns are mounting about the condition of rivers in the Yorkshire Dales as new figures revealed waterways in the national park considered to be in good ecological status had seen a significant decline.
A report to a meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority on Tuesday states the condition of the protected area’s rivers, such as the Wharfe, Ure, Eden, Aire, Ribble and Swale, considered in good order dropped from 62 per cent to 51 per cent over the last three years. The authority’s officers have highlighted how improving the condition of rivers is its sole priority objective where no progress is being made.
“There was concern about how the dairy industry has changed within the Dale with cattle kept indoors for much of the year, generating large amount of slurry that is spread on the flood plain and close to the river in huge quantities with obvious signs of green algae building up in the river this year already.
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