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Trust staff take a Green Leap Day!

LFTO News Team, 29 February 2008 09:05

Well, it's supposed to be the day when a woman can propose to a man - but the National Trust has created a rather special riff on the idea of February 29. All Trust staff have been given the chance to spend the day at home or in their local community, making changes to improve their environmental footprint. They call it ...

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Trust staff take a Green Leap Day!

LFTO News Team, 29 February 2008 09:05

Farming changes could threaten our skylark

LFTO News Team, 31 January 2008 10:57

The skylark’s spring and summer serenade of walkers is in danger this year due to dramatic changes to the way farmers are paid for set-aside land. Skylarks, and other ground-nesting birds like the stone curlew, have thrived on uncultivated land that farmers have set aside for one year or longer. But new research from Defra reveals that the amount of ...

'Nightmare vision' of the Yorkshire Dales

LFTO News Team, 17 January 2008 09:31

A worrying vision of how climate change could affect the Yorkshire Dales will form the centrepiece of a revamp in one of the area's key visitor centres. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Centre in Grassington has been closed for refurbishment since December and will reopen at Easter. The authority has announced that one of the key displays will show how ...

Forest centre clinches Prime Minister's Award

Anonymous, 19 December 2007 15:47

A new Yorkshire visitor centre has scooped an eco-friendly building award.The Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, on the southern slopes of the North York Moors only opened in April this year, but has already clinched the annual Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.The award recognises the environmental sustainability of the building. All the materials, machinery and labour used in construction were ...

No exclusion zone despite bluetongue case

Anonymous, 15 December 2007 09:00

The first case of the bluetongue virus in the North East of England has been confirmed at a farm on Teesside. The virus was detected in an imported cow near Middlesbrough, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said. Further tests are being carried out and the infected animal is to be culled - but so far the ...

Walking scheme tops £50m public vote

Anonymous, 13 December 2007 09:24

A scheme to build a national network of walking routes has won a £50m lottery grant after topping a public vote. Sustrans: Connect2, which aims to improve travel in 79 communities across the UK with new walking and cycling routes, beat three other environmental groups with 42 per cent of all ballots cast. The People's £50 Million Lottery is the largest ever ...

Experts bid to help birds of prey

Anonymous, 26 November 2007 10:34

Spotting them is a treat for any walker, but almost all the birds of prey seen in Britain are under threat. Today, experts from 60 countries have gathered for a conference at Loch Lomond aimed at helping save the rare migratory species we love. Their aim is to forge an international agreement to conserve endangered migratory birds in Europe, Africa ...