So the water authorities are very similar to our WMD. They even have a board comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders. Out of 12 the environment has 2 representatives......Maybe we can work on that.
When flooding occurs and damages or destroys a building or house there is no insurance to help rebuild. The burden is placed upon the owner of the building.
As we biked through the natural areas we learned quite a bit about their concept of restoring an area. They generally restore creek beds from a straight canal to a more meandering design. But when it comes to vegetation they do not do any plantings of native species. They just let it restore on its own, however it restores. Invasive species is not a big concern. it was almost an alien concept as we discussed our situation. As with the plants they have the same laid back "it will come" attitude with wildlife. With their large corridor that is 5km in width stretching from Germany and Belgium and other connections, they anticipate lynx, elk, moose and badgers starting to migrate in. We suggested wolves but they did not like that idea. (They have a huge problem with fox killing chickens) They already have Scottish Highland cattle, which are like our bison but so gentle. The cattle help control the vegetation. When we were biking they were on the trail and we were within inches of these gentle giants but they just kept chewing their food.
This particular connection that they are working on will cost 24 million Euro to acquire the parcels over the next 20 years.
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Good luck with the trip and good luck with the weather and the subject of solar panels in The Netherlands. I was stationed in The Netherlands in the USAF for 3 years '58 - '61. The first three weeks I was there we were socked in solidly with fog. The weather I remember would not be good for solar panels....Ray
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