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The latest news and updates on the campaign to protect moorland communities and rural England.

New report reinforces the importance of gamekeepers in fighting wildfires and protecting the uplands

A new report, launched on 19 May in Westminster, reinforces the vital role of gamekeepers in fighting wildfires and protecting heather...

7 hours ago

What's even madder than the 'Wet and Walk Away' theory?

Sometimes even we are surprised. The spectacle of the Peak District going up in flames because every conservation organisation – and...

7 days ago

It just keeps happening

Six years ago – back in February 2019 – there was a meeting in parliament to talk about wildfire, its prevention and mitigation. Several...

May 5

Power without responsibility- the prerogative of Natural England

It is very simple: Our heather moorlands are internationally recognised as the jewel in the crown of UK landscapes. They are globally...

Apr 30

Natural England upland adviser Sara Barrett continues to lecture wildfire practitioners with 'fantasy rewetting policy', even as new fires rage across Peak District.

2025 has already proven to be the worst for UK wildfires in recent times, according to satellite data from Global Wildfire Information...

Apr 29

The strange case of Natural England and the Hen Harrier conservation licence

The Moorland Association have announced that their application to Natural England for a Hen Harrier conservation licence has ultimately...

Apr 15

Packham and the Paedophile

They say you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, and few people keep worse company than Chris Packham. Last week...

Apr 8

BBC interview allows Wildlife Trusts Director to spout total untruths, yet goes unchallenged

The government's proposed extension to the current legislation on heather burning which would further restrict land managers’ and...

Apr 3

What is it about wildfires that they don't get?

We have been blessed with a dry spring – the first one for 3 years. Unfortunately, every silver lining has a cloud and in the uplands,...

Apr 2

National Trust face the consequences of yet another wildfire on Marsden Moor. Why do they never learn?

Damage caused by the fire Credit:NQ When wildfire broke out on Marsden Moor for the umpteenth time last week, many locals looked on in...

Mar 26

Wild Justice supporters turn on Ruth Tingay and Chris Packham after ‘disgusting’ hate speech video depicting Yorkshire gamekeeper. Police now expected to take 'appropriate action'.

When Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay launched their latest video, ‘Glenn Massacre’ , the ideological bile that drives their existence was...

Mar 19

Moorland group warns of landscape-scale wildfires risk

Farmers Weekly today reported the concerns being raised by Regional Moorland Groups of the wide scale wildfire risk faced in the uplands....

Mar 12

Wildfire hits the Peak District on 'rewetted' land, proving once again there is no substitute for removing surface vegetation.

Across the country people have been cheering what has been reported as ‘the first signs of spring’. And yet, after just a few days of...

Mar 5

The rewilders cry wolf

There are lots of wolves in fairy tales. The Three Little Pigs, Peter and the Wolf, Red Riding Hood and so on. In these stories, our...

Mar 4

How the RSPB’s attitude to moorland management has changed over the years

This RSPB manual from the 1990s was recently found in a library. As you can see, the copy runs as follows: Grouse moor, Strathdon,...

Feb 21

Are the RSPB being disingenuous with their claims about their Geltsdale 'paradise for nature'?

Are the RSPB being disingenuous with their claims about their Geltsdale reserve? The charity have been busy this week, promoting their...

Feb 14

Countryfile Endorses Predator Control to Protect Rare Waders

Following last week’s endorsement of controlled burning to protect heather moorland in the New Forest, the BBC’s Countryfile has once...

Feb 3

RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands receives yet more backlash amid mismanagement claims

The RSPB’s Burton Mere Wetlands site, in Cheshire, attracted attention online when they announced that, due to “a period of ongoing short...