In the media
- Flood-hit Pickering to get £800,000 defences
BBC, 29 July 2010 - Go-ahead for town's £800,000 anti-flood scheme
Yorkshire Post, 29 July 2010 - Will Pickering get £800,000 of flood defences?
Minster FM, 28 July 2010 - Flood defence scheme moves a step closer
Northern Echo, 30 June 2010 - Flood defence scheme moves a step closer
Darlington and Stockton Times, 30 June 2010 - Fears flood defence schemes could be dropped in budget cuts
The Advertiser Series, 25 June 2010 - Pickering flood defences plan
York Press, 22 June 2010 
Moves to try to prevent future flooding in the Yorkshire town of Pickering
Feature interview on BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours', 27th January 2010- Slowing the flow at Pickering!
Feature article in Forestry and Timber News, Issue 36, December 2009 - After the deluge... why working with nature can win fight against flooding
Feature article in Yorkshire Post, 9th December 2009 - Protection from flooding
Interview given by Dr Nick Odoni (Durham University) as a contribution to "North East Researchers' Night", in Newcastle in September 2009 - Forester Appointed To Help Slow The Flow
Joint press release, 11th August 2009 - Pilot project to stem floodrisk
The Press (York), 31 July 2009
Land management updates
- Project situation update by the Environment Agency (PDF-110K)
July 2011 - Summary of meetings by the Environment Agency (PDF-103K)
JUne 2011 - Environment Agency staff from the York office recently volunteered for a day building timber dams in Cropton forest on the North York Moors (PDF-241K)
March 2011 - Flood alleviation work has begun on the public forest estate on the North York Moors (PDF-1750K)
August 2010
Public meetings
- Community engagement event
28 September 2009.
This public event in the Memorial Hall Pickering, was held to enable the project team to engage the community and stakeholders and involve them with identifying and implementing solutions on the ground.
Photos of meeting - Flooding: can local knowledge make a difference?
28 October 2008.
Exhibition held at Pickering Memorial Hall by the Ryedale Flood Research Group. Around 200 people attended the exhibition and were able to read about the group's work, watch video clips, talk to group members and try their hand at modelling.
Posters displayed and photos of the exhibition
Project meetings
Dates:
- Wider Programme Delivery Group meeting
19th February 2010, 10am, Pickering. - Wider Programme Delivery Group meeting
14th April 2010, 11am, Pickering. - Core Programme Delivery Group meeting
12th May 2010, 11am, Pickering. - Wider Programme Delivery Group meeting
15th May 2010, 11am, Pickering - Programme Board meeting
May 2010, tbc. - Core Programme Delivery Group meeting
16th June 2010, 11am, Pickering - Wider Programme Delivery Group meeting
22nd July 2010, 11am, Pickering
Minutes: