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Writing in The Telegraph, Lord Botham has delivered a blunt assessment of England's worsening wildfire season and the policy decisions behind it.

The Moorland Association has written to the Prime Minister on upland fuel loads and wildfire risk. Read our letter and provisional fuel load model.

The Moorland Association responds to Ben Goldsmith's Spectator claim that rewilding beats wildfire. The New Forest was drained, is managed, and still burns.

Portugal built an integrated wildfire agency after its 2017 fires. Britain responds ably but has no national strategy — the job is split across departments.

Explore how Natural England's shift on wildfire prevention emphasizes vegetation fuel reduction. Discover why policy must follow this crucial step.

Almost 90% of England's black grouse are found on grouse moor fringes. Here is what the research says about their recovery in the North Pennines.

A moorland fire is really two fires. Why rewetting and managing the fuel solve two different problems — and why the uplands need both.

A study of 206 wildfires in England and Wales finds grass moors burn biggest, heather hottest, and managed burning keeps fires smaller.

Vegetation is the one wildfire factor land managers can control. The Moorland Association calls for an evidence-led look at how conservation landscapes are managed.

A UK Government climate risk report projects severe fire weather on most summer days by 2080 and warns that removing fire from the uplands is not an option.

Natural England confirms outline fire-prevention directions can be sought before FSI level 5 — but the MA is pressing for a national CROW review.

Neither of England's main farm schemes funds predator control for Curlew, a BTO review finds, though Yorkshire Dales farmers say they would back it.