12 Days of a Conservation Christmas

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Presentation transcript:

12 Days of a Conservation Christmas

Peatland restoration – Glaisdale Moor

PAWS (Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites) restoration

Archaeological excavation of trench at Roulston Scar

Protected landscapes Protected landscapes in North Yorkshire – working together strategically

Hedge planting task at Lockton – staff, volunteers, apprentices

6000m wall funded through TBS Traditional Boundary Scheme

Habitat connectivity – grassland management in Rosedale Abbey Churchyard

Cows on the undercliff Highland cattle will be used to graze the undercliff grassland habitat at Wrack Hills (Biodiversity Project)

Freshwater pearl mussels from the Esk – bred at the Captive Breeding Facility (Freshwater Biological Association) at Windermere

Farm scheme farmers Original Farm Scheme farmers from 1990 – the Farm Scheme was a long running agri-environment scheme in the North York Moors which came to an end this year.

Sand dolphins leaping Coastal Forum celebrations

Modern apprentices Conservation Team on a Training Day in November – looking at water management

Conservationists Conserving 12 Conservationists Conserving Modern apprentices

11 Dolphins Leaping Sand dolphins leaping

10 Farmers Farming Farm scheme farmers

9 Pearl Mussels

Cows on the undercliff 8 Cattle Grazing

7 Strategic Corridors

6000m wall funded through TBS 6,000 metres walling 6000m wall funded through TBS

5 Modern Apprentices

Protected landscapes 4 Protected Landscapes

Archaeologists Digging 3 Archaeologists Digging

2 Hemlocks Pulled

…and an Ecologist Stuck in a Bog