@Ariadne@jeder both look great, a river shouldn't be "maintained". It also shouldn't be artificially straightened or cleared of dead wood. Also there should be a lot of beavers
@jeder for our environment it's better to just not touch the river. The more grass it has the slower it goes and the more water would stay in your area instead of rushing to Baltic. I'd say your lucky to have such unmaintained river.