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During the period 1999–2002, 19km of the Skjern River and 22km 2 of the cultivated river valley were restored into a meandering river, wetlands, meadows and shallow lakes. The restoration followed a channelisation of the river and an artificial draining and reclamation of the river valley for agriculture in the 1960s. In 1987, the Danish Parliament decided to carry out the restoration to reduce...