A Sheffield court has convicted a grouse moor for allowing heather to be burnt without a licence in one of England’s most important places for nature. The case, which the Crown Prosecution Service said “is the first case of its kind”, followed areas of land on the Midhope Moors, in Upper […]
Bradford Council is set to expand its peatland restoration programme on the district’s moorlands as part of its response to the climate and nature emergency.
Wild Moors today welcomed plans announced by the National Trust to scale up regeneration of the High Peak Estate for nature, the climate and benefit of future generations. The restoration efforts seek to work alongside local people to repair biodiversity across the landscape and work to enable ecosystems and natural processes […]
Scottish Water has confirmed to Wild Moors that its future will be burning-free to help protect fragile peatlands across its water catchments for the benefit of nature and the climate. The utility company has notified its grouse shooting tenants that no new agreements for burning will be issued and asked that […]
National Trust members have backed the conservation organisation’s moves to restore nature on the properties it cares for on behalf of the nation. More than 127,000 of the charity’s members voted on its policies to manage its land in a way which protects and enhances the natural environment at the Annual […]
