CSF Water Quality and Ecology Evaluation

Defra require the EA to produce the fourth Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) evaluation report by March 2019, focusing on the progress CSF has made towards specified environmental objectives. This project is expected to build upon the approaches developed from the previous evaluation utilizing updated farmer engagement information and newly sourced environmental datasets, in addition to updating the progress of CSF it will also evaluate for the first time, the newly created Countryside Stewardship (CS) program.