The restoration of Ilkley Moor by Bradford Council has received recognition for making the iconic landscape better suited for benefiting nature, the climate and people. In the Yorkshire Post the landowner and its moorland management partners have been congratulated on the progress made to conserve rare heathlands, restore carbon-rich peatlands and […]
Wild Moors will unlock the uplands from grouse shooting for restoration by 2030
The world is fast moving in a direction where restoring land for nature and people is at the forefront of solving climate change and biodiversity loss
BrewDog will restore a former grouse moor in the race to reach net-zero
BrewDog has bought a 9,000 acre former grouse moor in the Cairngorms in a bid to reduce the craft beer producer’s carbon footprint. The multinational brewery and pub chain has purchased the Kinrara Estate and unveiled plans for its Lost Forest, a programme of landscape regeneration which involves rewetting carbon-rich peatlands [...]
Restoration begins to make Ilkley Moor a wilder moor
Bradford Council has kick-started a conservation drive to restore wildlife habitats on the world-famous Ilkley Moor.
Nature friendly moorland management sees hen harriers return to Wharfedale
Wildlife campaigners are celebrating the conservation efforts of a leading landowner which have resulted in rare hen harriers roosting on its moor. Adopting nature-friendly moorland management techniques, NG Bailey’s Denton Park Estate, near Ilkley, has reversed declines in birds of prey associated with wildlife persecution by its former grouse shooting tenant. Hen […]