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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Bracken1 has become a contentious subject for land managers, whilst it has some benefits, where it is invasive and becomes dominant it can have a range of negative impacts which have required its perpetual control through both chemical and ...
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By Andrew Gilruth, GWCT Head of Communications
Two years after the General Licence fiasco, Defra has announced that it has taken control of heather burning too – another complex issue that some have repeatedly oversimplified. The RSPB, which has championed extensive restrictions, has been clear t...
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Written by Hazel Sarti, English Uplands Placement Student
On February 28th, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Upland Research Team hosted the North of England Grouse Seminar at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate. The bi-annual conference was attended by almost 200 people with an inter...
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Those who use the start of the grouse season as another excuse to call for an end to driven shooting have yet to suggest an alternative way of paying for the management of our precious moorland. Given the current dire economic climate, it is even less likely that the government could afford to pi...
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Written by Phil Warren for Gamewise Spring 2024
Black grouse in England are now confined to the North Pennines, where low breeding success, habitat fragmentation and landscape configuration means that the remaining population has become increasingly isolated. Climate change in the form of wetter...
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You are right to applaud the efforts to restore our precious moorland to help flood defence (Flooding caused by poor management and floodplain building, say experts, 14 November), but it’s bizarre to also see those managing our grouse moors blamed. Much of this restoration work is being led by th...
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Written by Joe Dimbleby
When those who call for an end to grouse moors are asked what they would replace it with, they often offer vague fantasies, which go unchallenged in the public sphere. There are no simple solutions to managing our uplands but, in the race to address the curre...
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