内容摘要："When we are comfortable having those relationships, why are we so averse to having it with our nearest neighbours?" Calum Miller asks, "It just doesn't really make sense".

"When we are comfortable having those relationships, why are we so averse to having it with our nearest neighbours?" Calum Miller asks, "It just doesn't really make sense".

United Utilities said it would work with the EA and other groups to take on board feedback.United Utilities says in its plan that removing the weir and surrounding structure could create "greater natural storm attenuation capacity", and it hoped the changes would restore salmon habitats and natural flows along becks and rivers.

However, the EA reviewed the flood-risk assessment and said "at present, we are not satisfied that the development would be safe, without increasing flood risk elsewhere".Meanwhile Friends of Crummock Water described it as "environmental vandalism"."As water levels fall, previously protected areas will become vulnerable to disturbance and predation," the group said.

"The shallow lake-adapted roots of surrounding trees would be left high and dry. The whole ecosystem of the lake will be profoundly disrupted by the rapid drop in water level," it added.The group said bird populations would be disrupted and edge habitats, such as spawning gravels that support wildlife, would disappear.

Swimmer and author Sara Barnes said she was "gravely concerned that we are being greenwashed by United Utilities' use of the romantic notion of rewilding when in fact the scheme will destroy a World Heritage site".

Miss Barnes said the plans would "significantly reduce access for swimmers".These early season burns - predominantly grass, heath and shrub fires - have created great strain on fire services, but their ecological impacts can be complicated.

Not all fires, particularly smaller, lower-intensity burns, are necessarily catastrophic to long-term vegetation health.Certain plants, such as heather, are adapted to fire-prone environments. But increasingly frequent or severe blazes can impair their ability to naturally recover.

Some researchers are concerned about the second peak of the fire season, which typically comes later in the year when temperatures are high and vegetation has dried out again."My number one worry is what is going to happen in the summer," said Prof Rein, when "there are fewer wildfires but they are bigger and they can actually be seriously catastrophic".