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Discover the key changes in the Heather and Grass Management Code 2025, from peatland licensing to new rules on burning, cutting, and planning.

A £26m wildfire has scarred the North York Moors, exposing the rising cost of poor land management and the urgent need for science-led prevention.

Peatland management is complex: burning and cutting both carry risks and benefits. Finding balance is key to carbon storage, water, wildlife and rural life.

Natural England denies giving wildfire safety advice in legal letters yet publicly promotes its stance on wildfire risk. Our blog exposes this double standard.

Richard Bailey from the Peak District Moorland Group shows how careful spraying and controlled burning are reversing bracken’s dominance and creating space for wildlife to flourish.

A side-by-side comparison of the York Review and Natural England's Evidence Review on heather burning exposes flaws, revealing bias in how NE present evidence on burning.

A new analysis has exposed serious flaws in Natural England’s official evidence review on prescribed heather burning.

Natural England’s latest “consultation” looks open, but its design filters out land managers and steers answers to fit NE’s agenda rather than genuine feedback.

Natural England has launched a new stakeholder survey to gather views from the organisations it works with.

Peatlands store vast carbon, but calling them climate “saviours” is misleading. A new review shows why nuanced, site-specific evidence matters for policy.

A major review finds no solid evidence that prescribed heather burning causes biodiversity loss, highlighting mixed, context-dependent impacts on UK peatlands.

2025 has been the worst year on record for wildfires in the UK. The data illustrate just how bad. Imagine what the data will look like once the impact of the government's new burning restrictions take hold.