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Posted by admin on July 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Forestry Commission is spearheading a three-year project to reintroduce red kites into parts of the Lake District. This is the first operation of its kind in North West England and the last red kite reintroduction project in England. Last month, June 2010, Forestry Commission wildlife rangers from Grizedale brought 30 birds, soon after hatching, [...]
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Posted by admin on June 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
People who volunteer with the North York Moors National Park Authority, Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and North Yorkshire County Council joined forces this week to complete a ‘supertask’ to celebrate Volunteers Week 2010.
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Posted by admin on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Trees from the Forestry Commission estate at Grizedale Forest in south Cumbria will once again be making a star appearance at this year’s John Smith’s Grand National race, at Aintree in Liverpool on 10 April 2010 Over 60 tonnes of spruce branches from Grizedale are used for the event’s 30 jump fences. The fence-building programme [...]
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Posted by admin on March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wildlife experts from the World Owl Trust and Forestry Commission have teamed up with local schools to help protect barn owls in south Cumbria. The World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass and the Forestry Commission at Grizedale Forest near Ambleside are joint partners in the Rusland Valley Barn Owl Project, which aims to [...]
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Posted by admin on October 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A brand new arrival is giving foresters a very big lift on the Forestry Commission estate at Whinlatter Forest in north Cumbria. It’s a Skyline cable crane which is being used to clear an area of woodland at Hobcarton as part of the Forestry Commission’s work to improve the country’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest [...]
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Posted by admin on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Visitors are being given a helping hand to root out the very best of Cumbria’s vibrant autumn leaves thanks to an online guide launched by the Forestry Commission. The website – www.forestry.gov.uk/nweautumn – will record the changing colours of the leaves so people can visit the woodlands in all their blazing glory. A team of [...]
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Posted by admin on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
People in Cumbria who live close to, work with, or enjoy the region’s woods and forests are being given the chance to have their say about the role that publicly owned forests – the Public Forest Estate – in England should play in the years ahead. The Public Forest Estate is managed by the Forestry [...]
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Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The creation of new native woodland in and around Exmoor National Park has received a further boost with the news that the Forestry Commission has increased its rates of planting grants this year.
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Posted by admin on May 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Landowners are being offered cash to plant more trees in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The scheme aims to increase the area of the National Park covered by native broadleaved woodland which, in turn, will help boost wildlife habitats as well.
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Posted by admin on April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Lake District Osprey Project confirmed this week that the famous fish-eating birds of prey have returned to their nest near Bassenthwaite Lake . Staff and volunteers from the Project had been eagerly awaiting the return of the popular birds from Africa where they spend the winter months. Bill Kenmir of the Lake District Osprey [...]
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