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<p>Since 2008, the Water Vole Database and Mapping Project has managed and stored
water vole survey records, as well collating data on American mink. This has enabled
mapping of this data and effective use of the datasets for the benefit of water vole
populations. The map on page 66 of the 2014 report, found at <a href="http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/watervole-project"
target="_blank">http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/watervole-project</a>, indicates a thriving
population of water vole in the Lindsey Marshes. The data for East Lindsey can be
requested from the Lincolnshire Environmental Records Centre.</p><p> </p><p>The project
does not itself involve assessing the effect of one species on another but the presence
of American mink is the most significant factor in the decline of the water vole.
Ongoing control of the mink at a catchment scale is therefore a priority for water
vole conservation.</p>
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