Comments on: A Tale of Two Tributaries

By: Steve Bottoms

Steve Bottoms — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:04:31 +0000

Well that all depends on your definition of wetlands, really. Any low-lying area that water flows to/through, and which humans haven’t modified, can tend towards becoming marshy – especially during periods of heavy rainfall. Traditionally we drain wet land (as opposed to wetlands) in order to make it usable for agriculture or building projects: trickling downhill flows of water will get channelled into underground pipes etc, to that the land itself remains drier. But if humans choose to *designate* a given area as a wetland, then some kind of reverse-engineering takes place to restore moisture to the land (e.g. digging ponds instead of just letting grass get puddled and muddy…). I don’t know if these remarks are helpful, Graham, but I’m afraid I don’t have the long term history of these areas to hand, and it’s 5 years since I wrote the blog you’re commenting on…

By: Graham Tandy

Graham Tandy — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:12:25 +0000

What was wetlands originally? What is the long term history of it please

By: Graham Ball

Graham Ball — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:37:07 +0000

After reading this article I feel I must comment with regard to The Pitty Beck wetlands. I definitely agree with all that has been said about the condition of the wetlands, but most say that several of the local residents in close proximity to the wetlands along with the area community centre committee have over the last several years been trying to get the local council to keep up with the upkeep of the wetlands ( which we were originally told they would be doing) unfortunately we keep hitting a very large hurdle mainly a department within the Bradford Council by the name of asset management which seems to be avoiding anything to do with pitty beck or it’s surrounding areas. We are very found of our wetlands and do try to keep up with the littering etc but unfortunately we are a minority and with the large schools close by its very difficult.