Background
Skjern River in western Jutland is, in terms of water flow, the largest river in Denmark, with a catchment area of 250,000 ha. At the mouth of the river, there was once a huge expanse of marshland (4,000 ha) harbouring a mixture of wetland habitats: meadows, reed-swamps, meandering watercourses, fens and shallow lakes. This was a real heaven fo ...