No doubt the fact that the fens were there originally has something to do with it.
We can look forward to sea levels rising by perhaps 0.9 m, so the fens and the coastal arms of this country will suffer.
A vast amount of money was spent 10 or 15 years ago on constructing concrete roads through the fens.
At the moment, in the opinion of those in the fens, those areas are not in immediate danger.
We are not asking that the urban areas should contribute any more to fen drainage.
Clause 2 deals with the difficulty that arises in the case of grass roads over certain fen land.
For instance, the marsh or fen country had a very bad press in our history and folklore.
Only 20 male bitterns exist on our island at present, and the fen reserve will support up to five breeding pairs.
