1. RIPPLE 2019 Business Challenge Paul Atkinson

2. Introduction
Small environmental charity – 8x trustees, 8 x staff, formed in 2008 etc
As small charity – constant project development and fund raising. Intensive project delivery cycle
Heavily reliant on voluntary data collection
Quality, consistency and presentation of data

3. WINNS Project Strategic Wear INNS Management Plan
Consolidation of records
Volunteer walkover surveys
Distribution maps
Stakeholder engagement and coordination
Prioritization of treatment areas
INNS management training & coordination of treatments
INNS walkover training, coordination & data analysis

4. WINNS data collection and monitoring
Anecdotal maps
Angling clubs
Volunteers
Landowners
Volunteer walkover surveys
ID and walkover survey workshops
Health and safety – RAMS & insurance
Landowner permissions
Data collation and interpretation
GIS distribution maps

5. Old Durham Beck 3 x waterbodies Source of Giant Hogweed
Pittington Beck
Chapman Beck
Old Durham Beck
Source of Giant Hogweed
Approx 45km of watercourses

6. RIPPLE Business Challenge
Develop and undertake an INNS survey within the Old Durham Beck catchment which can offer increased accuracy and reliability compared to voluntary INNS survey walkovers.
Survey will need to:
Be undertaken during summer 2019
Identify Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed
Calculate area and density of invasive weed stands
Produce GIS shapefiles
Create baseline dataset for monitoring success of treatments
Cost around £2,000*