Barrage could destroy estuarry

Courtesy Outdoor Recreation News  Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:53

CONSERVATIONISTS fear a massive 10-mile barrage across the Severn estuary could "devastate" the environment after discovering a similar dam in the Netherlands caused damage almost "beyond repair".

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says a storm surge barrier built on the Oosterschelde estuary in the 1980s has put property, wildlife and ...


 

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