2019 Election Round-up
The dust has finally settled on perhaps the most climactic election in recent memory, with the Conservatives securing a majority of 78...
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Dec 10, 2019
Waiting for Werritty is driving political opportunism
The Scottish Government’s report into the management of grouse moors is now eight months overdue, and its constant delays are fostering...
Dec 10, 2019
Ruth George writes back
At the end of October Ruth George, at the time the MP for High Peak, made a statement in the Commons at the second reading of the...
Dec 5, 2019
Are more trees really the answer?
This election, everyone is talking about trees. The Conservatives have promised 30 million trees a year for five years. The Lib Dems...
Dec 3, 2019
Julian Smith visits Nidderdale
There are a number of regional moorland groups across England and Scotland, from the Peak District Moorland Group, to the Loch Ness Rural...
Nov 29, 2019
The reintroduction of wolves is no joke
A few weeks ago we shared a piece from the Yorkshire Post on our Facebook page. The article, by GP Taylor, was titled: “How reintroducing...
Nov 19, 2019
The Labour Party should focus on tackling rural crime
The Labour Party’s ‘animal welfare manifesto’, as announced today, covers a range of rural topics. From improving accessibility to vets...
Nov 12, 2019
Have we had enough of experts?
It may seem at times that in today’s British political environment, all noise is drowned by the ubiquity of Brexit. People are...
Nov 7, 2019
Will Chris Packham help Britain's rural schools?
Last week, we noted that BBC presenter and self-styled “conservationist” Chris Packham was promoting holidays for 110 guests to South...
Nov 1, 2019
The Peak District Moorland Group's response to Ruth George MP
On Wednesday evening, members of the local Peak District community, as well as from the ornithological world, met to find out the results...
Oct 23, 2019
Chris Packham's gas guzzling holidays
Chris Packham may not have made it out onto the streets of London with his Extinction Rebellion friends, but he has certainly been full...
Oct 19, 2019
Moorland communities protest in Harrogate against unjust attacks on their livelihoods
-Harrogate, Yorkshire Moorland communities protest in Harrogate against unjust attacks on their livelihoods Demonstrators from the...
Oct 14, 2019
Gamekeepers rule roost in 25-year conservation test
Scotland’s heather-clad hills and many of their threatened bird species are best protected by human intervention, a report has found. For...
Oct 14, 2019
Final Langholm report highlights environmental and economic benefits of grouse moor management
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today welcomed the publication of the final report from the Langholm...
Oct 14, 2019
In defence of British landowners (and the truth about grouse moors)
I was surprised to read the article by Ben Macdonald in last week’s Spectator urging Britain’s grouse moor owners to ‘rewild’ their...
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