28 January 2021 Doxey Marshes is in line to benefit from a £2.5 million scheme to enhance and restore river habitats. Picture courtesy of Colin Hayes
The £150,000 donation has funded an environmental feasibility study which is now under way to develop, plan and cost a five-year plan for the Stafford Brooks Project.
The project – a partnership of Highways England, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Stafford Borough Council and the Environment Agency - wants to make major improvements to habitats close to the Rivers Sow and Penk.
It would restore and create new habitats on a range of sites across the area including Doxey Marshes, Kingsmead Marsh and Radford Meadows.