A tour of Bradford Beck restoration project by Professor David Lerner

Another of the MANY great talks that the participants in the 2013 Urban River Champions Conclave benefited from was Professor Lerner’s account of how the Aire Rivers Trust has set up the plan for the restoration of Bradford Beck.

I felt that it was important to set up the whole Conclave by bracketing the subject of Resilience with two talks; the first of which was Phil Sheridan’s deeply personal and incredibly inspirational dissection of the qualities of resilience that we encounter (and require) during each of our ​“lived experiences”. The second key talk was very deliberately designed to expose the bare nuts and bolts of a highly structured series of practical solutions to many of the problems that Trout in the Town groups routinely encounter. In other words, the second talk offered one possible ​“route map” of how to turn the inspiration and personal resilience identified and instilled by Phil’s talk into a series of effective an efficient actions.

This second ​“bracketing” talk was, of course, Professor Lerner’s presentation. I’ve reproduced it in the video below so that both of the absolutely key expert presentations from the 2013 event are available as a reminder for the Conclave attendees — as well as for the benefit of anyone who may need their guidance. They make for a great ​“paired viewing”.

Enjoy and, if you are in the process of caring for an urban river, take notes! :)

Restoring Bradford Beck from Paul Gaskell on Vimeo.