Editing The Fens (section)

==Restoration==
In 2003, the [[Great Fen]] Project was initiated to return parts of the Fens to their original pre-agricultural state. The periodic flooding by the North Sea, which renewed the character of the Fenlands, was characterised conventionally by the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as "ravaged by serious inundations of the sea". The modern approach is to allow a little farmland to be flooded again and turned into [[nature reserve]]s. By introducing fresh water, the organisers of the project hope to encourage species such as the [[common snipe|snipe]], [[northern lapwing|lapwing]] and [[Eurasian bittern|bittern]]. Endangered species such as the [[fen violet]] will be seeded.

The [[Fens Waterways Link]] is a scheme to restore navigation to some of the drainage works. It is planned to bring the [[South Forty-Foot Drain]] and parts of the Car Dyke into use as part of a route between Boston and Cambridge.