All Posts

Evidence suggests that heather is more resilient to wet conditions than is often assumed, and that ceasing fuel management in favor of rewetting alone could increase the risk of severe wildfires.

Labour’s new ban on controlled burning ignores fire chiefs’ warnings, raising fears it will increase wildfire risk, endanger communities, and harm moorland.

Wildfires have cost the UK over £460m in 2025, burning 46,000+ hectares and causing huge damage to land, wildlife, carbon stores, health and communities.

There is no robust data to support the claim that prescribed heather burning reduces Sphagnum abundance and peat formation, and in fact, several datasets reject it.

A scientific review challenges the idea that fire and heather dominance are recent phenomena primarily driven by modern management practices like grouse moor management.

Natural England has become the enemy of common sense. Instead of backing managers who want to improve their ground, it ties them up in red tape and demands they wait for science to catch up.

We hosted an online meeting on 16th September to discuss the government's new burning restrictions, watch it in full here.

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

Natural England’s heather burning review buries key evidence and cherry-picks results - risking flawed policy built on bias, not science.

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

The Yorkshire Post has devoted extensive coverage to the devastating wildfire that tore through ten square miles of the North York Moors this summer - the worst in over 20 years.

Defra clarifies heather burning rules: existing consents remain valid, but new peat regulations risk delays, confusion and an early-season burning ban.