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Guest blog – Woodland Musing 2 by Louise Bacon
Tree planting has been higher in my thoughts than usual recently, with all the GB political parties providing numbers of trees they intend to plant. As a volunteer in practical conservation land management for wildlife trusts etc., I have noticed that, without interference, trees are pretty good at growing themselves. Whether I have been cutting…
Guest blog – A new year new start for nature in our National Parks by Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall is the Campaigns and Communications officer for Campaign for National Parks (CNP). CNP is the only national independent charity dedicated to all the National Parks. CNP was established as the standing committee for committee in 1936 to make the case for the establishment of the National Parks, it is now dedicated to protecting…
Guest blog – War on Wildlife Project by Charlie Moores
A life-long birder, Charlie Moores co-founded Birders Against Wildlife Crime and is a former trustee of League Against Cruel Sports. He writes and makes podcasts about wildlife and the environment. Twitter: @charliemoores So I’m in the kitchen at home, mid-2015. Thinking about things. I’d like to say about Hen Harrier Day or bettering my efforts…
Fake news (8) by Diogenes
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Guest poem by Mark Stewart
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Mark is a short story writer focusing on nature, conservation, history and speculative fiction. His poem was partly inspired by the wonderful work Greta Thunberg has done to help raise awareness of climate change issues. The Berg Undone by the sun By warmth I should never know My very essence leaking away Like mist before…
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Guest blog – Woodland Musing 1 by Louise Bacon
As a volunteer, I spend about a day a week from late October through to Easter cutting down trees. ‘Shock horror!’ say the urban tree-huggers. Actually, I could equally have written that I spend a day a week engaged in the traditional rural craft of coppicing. I prefer to think of it as the latter….
Builders’ Beatitudes by Diogenes
Guest blog – Grouse Shooting, a Track and the Law by Bob Berzins
Bob is a campaigner and activist. His novel Snared will be available in the new year. Grouse Shooting, a Track and The Law I arrived at a workshop to be greeted by a land agent as if I was a long lost friend, then spent the morning in a group with one of his gamekeepers…