Dr. Elaine McGoff:

No. In the case of Timoleague, there was a lot of talk about how we were seeing positive trends in Timoleague from 2018 or 2019 up to 2022, but that trend has fallen apart and the nitrate levels have gone right back up again. Even at their best, when the lowest ever level for nitrogen was recorded, in 2022, at 4.95 mg, that is still twice the ecological level that is allowed. It was three times the phosphorous level and the biodiversity was bad that whole time, so it is not actually a good news story.