Lost river returns to Somerset 70 years after it dried up

Restoration of unnamed tributary of River Chew offers new habitat for rare wildlifeA lost river has returned to the Somerset countryside for the first time in 70 years, and with it a new habitat for several species of rare and threatened wildlife.The unnamed tributary of the River Chew from the Mendip Hills down to the River Avon was severed by a dam in 1956, when the valley was flooded to form the Chew Valley Lake reservoir that supplies Bristol and Bath. Continue reading...