Posted by Emma Northcote-Smith on 21/06/2016
In 2016 The Mammal Society Mitigation Guidance Series published the new Water Vole Mitigation Handbook. This publication aims to promote best practice in the surveying and mitigation of water voles by ecological consultants, and to guide and inform decision makers that suitable survey information is provided and suitable mitigation measures proposed (Dean et al., 2016).
The new mitigation guidelines include some key changes to:
· Licensing in relation to the ‘displacement’ of water voles