John Price was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in April after he pleaded guilty to seven charges summed up by a judge as ecological vandalism on an industrial scale on the River Lugg.
John Price, 68, has had his sentenced reduced from 12 months to 10 months following an appeal after he was jailed for dredging a one-mile section of the beauty spot in Herefordshire.
John Price, 68, claimed he stripped out trees and dredged a section of the River Lugg with an 18-tonne digger to protect residents of a nearby hamlet from a repeat of devastating flooding.