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

On the Glorious Twelfth, Moorland Association CEO Andrew Gilruth was interviewed on Hugo Rifkind's Times Radio Show to discuss grouse shooting and grouse moor management.

Upland communities face significant challenges and have serious concerns regarding moorland management and conservation, often feeling that their traditional ways of life and local expertise are being overlooked.

A recent article in Yorkshire Bylines on driven grouse shooting presents a number of assertions that deserve a factual, evidence-based response.

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

Times Radio billed Andrew Gilruth's recent appearance with Rod Liddle as “a confrontation with the Moorland Association.” In reality, it became a confrontation with reality.

These FAQs examine the critical relationship between vegetation fuel loads and wildfire behaviour, demonstrating how accumulated fuels lead to more intense, faster-spreading, and severe fires across diverse global ecosystems, including the UK.

Britain's moorlands are at the heart of a vigorous debate about land management. At the core of this discussion is driven grouse shooting and the associated moorland management practices.

A new three-year study from Northeast China sheds light on how prescribed burning can increase carbon storage in peatlands – a result that challenges common assumptions about fire and carbon loss.

Generalist predators like carrion crows and foxes have thrived in modern Britain. Their rise has come at a cost - particularly to our most vulnerable ground-nesting birds.

Rewetting is a crucial piece of the puzzle for peatland wildfire mitigation, but on its own it rarely provides a sufficient safeguard against the complex, multifactorial threat of wildfires in a changing climate.

We strongly disagree with David Robson’s recent article “Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land” which portrays moorlands as “ecological deserts”, drained and degraded by landowners.