Course convenor(s):
Mike Dean(CEnv MIEEM)

Date: 21/07/2009

Course length: 1 day

Venue:
Chasewater Outdoor Education Centre, Pool Road, Burntwood, Staffordshire,
WS7 3QW.

Course fee: £160
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively

Outline:

This course provides information on the legislative protection offered to otters, describes the types of impacts development projects (particularly road schemes) can have on otters, and how these impacts can be avoided, reduced or off-set. A field trip will demonstrate examples of otter mitigation techniques.

Further information:
Cresswell Associates
The Mill, Brimscombe Port
Stroud, GL5 2QG

T: +44 (0) 1453 731 231
F: +44 (0) 1453 888 797

 

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Target audience:
This course is aimed at those with an understanding of otter ecology and survey techniques (particularly participants of the Cresswell Associates course Otters (I): Ecology, Habitat Assessment and Survey Techniques) but who wish to learn more about legislation, impact assessment and mitigation (particularly in relation to impacts as a result of road schemes).

Aims:

To provide:

• information on legislation protecting otters and their holts, and licensing requirements

To assess:

• impacts of road schemes and other development projects on otters, including habitat loss, population/habitat fragmentation, road-related and incidental mortality and disturbance to resting sites

To demonstrate:

• good practice in mitigating impacts resulting from road schemes and other developments that affect otters including protecting key features, avoiding population/habitat fragmentation, safe road crossings, habitat restoration and artificial holts
  

Objectives:
At the end of the course you should be able to: 

• describe relevant legislation and licensing issues relating to otters
• carry out appropriate impact assessments for development projects on otters
• design appropriate measures to avoid, reduce or off-set the impacts of development projects (particularly road schemes) on otters

• Legislation affecting otters and otter resting sites
• Assessing impacts of development projects on otters
• Mitigating impacts on otters
• Keeping otters off roads: appropriate design of safe crossings and fencing

Visits to nearby sites to see fencing and tunnel designs