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GWCT Upland Game Conference 2025 calls for ‘boots on the ground’ to increase data collection to demonstrate the benefits of grouse moor management

Gamekeepers, estate managers, land agents and shooting organisations from across the North of England and Scotland gathered for this year’s Upland Game Conference in Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, to hear from a wide range of speakers including scientists specialising in upland research, policy exp...

Incentivising farmers to help nature through the Environmental Land Management Scheme. Our letter to The Guardian

The suggestion that the solution to the “Nature Crisis” is through further SSSI designation is a flawed concept. Many of the existing SSSI sites are already not meeting their conservation objectives – simply adding more will not help. A better approach is through incentivizing farmers to help nat...

Wildfire: We must not get caught NAP-ing!

By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer England “Action [to prepare for wildfire] cannot be delayed further. To do so will lock in more damaging impacts and threaten the delivery of other key Government objectives, such as Net Zero.”Climate Change Committee Progress in adapting to climate change...

The 2025/26 Muirburn Season

By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland Today (1 October 2025) marks the beginning of the 2025/26 muirburn season in Scotland. This season will be a special one, as many of the new provisions of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 are expected to come into force halfway t...

Wolves, Reintroductions and Wildlife Management

Practitioner survey on management for curlew

Digital Shoot Management

Soil moisture and management

Understanding catchment management issues

Hedge management for nesting birds