Sara was a key volunteer for the Wildlife Trust on a project in Chimney Meadows. Using her skills as a landscape architect, she helped with the design and implementation of wetland enhancement project linked with the ‘million-pond’ project. It created new habitats and habitat enhancement for Aquatic species at risk of extinction nationally. Within a year an Otter was spotted, the following year Water Voles and Snipe.
Managing the building of a pond that was laid by the RAF under her supervision. This was in addition to the planting of hedgerows and research work for management plans which contributed to best practice application across their many reserves.
The reserve was also re-modelled to create a flood enhancement area. This helped both reduce the risk of flooding upstream and contributed to the ecological management of the ancient wet meadows which are nationally scarce.
You can read more about the project here.