For further information about the Moorland Association, please get in touch with:
Chairman, Mark Cunliffe-Lister
Director, Amanda Anderson
The Moorland Association
PO Box 75
Leyburn
DL8 9AQ
Tel. 0845 4589786
Mob. 07979 851123
For media enquiries
Ramsay Smith and Chris Carter.
Media House International
Tel. 0207 710 0020
75% of Europe’s remaining upland heather moorland is found in the UK – but this area declined alarmingly over the latter part of the last century. The Moorland Association was set up in 1986 to coordinate the efforts of moorland owners and managers to halt this loss, particularly in England and Wales.
RURAL COMMUNITIES HOPE TO MAKE MOST OF PANDEMIC-HIT SHOOTING SEASON On the eve of the traditional grouse shooting season, rural communities have been gearing up to make the best of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Plans have been put in place to ensure that restaurants receive the first grouse from the moors tomorrow. A widespread safety initiative, including the use of personal protection […]
Grouse shooting essential for the survival of Moorland Communities, new study finds University of Northampton researchers conduct wide-ranging survey into economic and social effects of the sport on moorland communities Professor Simon Denny and Tracey Latham-Green of the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact at the University of Northampton have conducted a new study into the economic and social effects of integrated moorland management – including grouse […]
