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The progress to protect Dartmoor Paid Members Public
© Roman PopelarDartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) has recently provided a progress update on work to amend Dartmoor’s byelaws. The six-week consultation, which closed in November, 2021, attracted nearly 4,000 responses, which a team of National Park Officers has been carefully analysing. Some of the changes proposed caused uproar
Wildflower power of new meadow-makers in Devon Paid Members Public
Over 100 acres of wildflower-rich meadows are to be restored across Devon this summer on 17 landholdings stretching from the upper Tamar to the lower Dart. Wild plant conservation charity Plantlife and wildflower conservation community group Moor Meadows Dartmoor have been able to team up on meadow restoration this year
New report provides evidence of compounding threats to UK’s woods and trees Paid Members Public
© Tony AtkinA new report published by the Woodland Trust brings together evidence which highlights a barrage of compounding threats which could have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s woods, trees and the flora and fauna within them. ‘The State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021’, examines the data
Dartmoor Commoners’ dissent with Whitehorse Hill Peatland Conservation Project. Dartmoor Society calls for work to stop for re-evaluation Paid Members Public
Frank Phillpotts’ Peat Pass after damming by the Mires Project, White Horse Hill. © Chris Chapman 2021Dartmoor Commoners who farm the High Moor around Whitehorse Hill, one of Dartmoor’s highest points and the site of the unique Early Bronze Age burial cist excavated in 2011, have been upset in recent
The first of many? Paid Members Public
It’s been a while since I’ve had a good old rant in the Green Issues column. Many of you probably breathed a sigh of relief! There have been lots of other things going on, to be fair, and although Green Issues is always important, sometimes one’s brain
Get ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch Paid Members Public
The RSPB’s annual event, the Big Garden Birdwatch, is once again taking place between 29th and 31st January. The summer lockdown last year saw many people take more notice of the wildlife in their gardens and parks, and it is hoped that the increase in interest will motivate more
Campaigners request response over climate inaction Paid Members Public
More than 20 campaigners in the Torridge and West Devon constituency are accusing their MP, Geoffrey Cox, of failing to address their concerns. The group all share a belief that the Government is not doing enough to combat the climate and nature crises. And they say they have been trying
Green Issues: It’s our duty Paid Members Public
My brother and I were huge Michael Jackson fans when we were young. My brother would spend hours in front of the TV, watching the music videos and trying to copy the dance moves. He got quite good in the end. But what made me think of this now is
