Letters

Read the Moorland Association's letter to The Times calling for transparency and accountability from Natural England and conservation charities.

Are Natural England's policies forcing farmers off the land? Read our letter to The Telegraph defending active management and the future of working moorlands.

The Moorland Association responds to Tony Juniper in The Times: Natural England's own upland record raises questions about its authority to lecture others.

The Moorland Association asks the Public Accounts Committee to ensure Defra's nature recovery funding reaches upland managers and delivers measurable outcomes.

Wildfire policy can't wait for a 999 call. Read our letter to The Guardian urging the government to prioritise vegetation management for public safety.

Labour's Land Use Framework threatens vital private conservation on grouse moors. Learn how game shooting protects curlews and saves taxpayers £1.3bn.

Discover why the Moorland Association is challenging the Friends of the Dales' Eyes on the Skies campaign over charity governance and fairness to rural workers.

Read our letter to The Times arguing for a fundamental reset to environmental regulation. Discover how local accountability could save £300m annually.

Natural England’s cost-blind decisions face Treasury scrutiny. Without proving value for money, reform - or even abolition - could soon follow.

Curlews are vanishing fast. Predator control proves vital, yet delay and denial risk their extinction. Saving Britain’s curlews means acting now.

The RSPB’s continued demonisation of gamekeepers has led to an exchange of letters between the charity’s CEO and the Moorland Association.

The RSPB’s claim that its moorland rewetting programme is boosting bird numbers, including curlew, at its Dove Stone reserve may reflect optimism bias.