River Edge Tree Planting ?
There have been recent proposals to plant young trees along the river edge. 
WARNING.  Careful common sense consideration should given before proceeding with this project.   Tree planting on riverbanks does create stability,  BUT if they are planted in the wrong position they could create the adverse effect. 
It is absolutely crucial that these proposed trees are NOT planted on the top of the village's existing flood defence bank.
By planting trees on the actual top of the flood defence bank,  a real threat to ultimately create serious potential damage to the bank will be inadvertently created. 

(a)  By planting a tree on the actual top of the bank it will NOT in any way provide crucial root growth stabilization on river edge where realistically its required. 
(b)  If the trees are planted on top of the bank the roots will be contained in the wrong location, in the soft texture of the man made flood bank structure,  which realistically means that the trees will have an extremely unstable nature, vulnerable to be blown over by high winds. 
And when any tree is blown over,  roots are always upturned, which in sequence potentially will create an unwanted major breach of the flood bank, providing a direct path for the river to swiftly flow into our village of MILLHOUSE during periods of combined high winds, relentless rainfall/storms.