West Mercia Police, The Environment Agency, Herefordshire Council, Forestry Commission and Natural England have used powers of entry to attend an incident on the banks of the River Lugg in Herefordshire.
The Wildlife Trusts reported yesterday that The River Lugg, in Herefordshire, one of the most beautiful and important rivers in the UK, has been intentionally destroyed over a stretch of approximately 1.5km with huge repercussions for wildlife downstream. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust has discovered that the river and its banks have been bulldozed, straightened and reprofiled into a sterile canal, with all bankside and riverside habitats completely obliterated.
The situation has escalated over the past 24 hours with Gardeners World presenter Monty Don, who lives near the incident, responding by saying:
“This is just a few miles from Longmeadow. It breaks my heart but is all too-typical of the ignorance, arrogance and sheer wanton destruction of those privileged to care for our countryside. Horror at destruction of nationally important UK river.”
Officers will now gather information and evidence.
