For further information about the Moorland Association, please get in touch with:
Chairman, Nick Downshire
Tel. 01765 689944
Director, Amanda Anderson
Well Spring Barn
Austwick
Lancaster
LA2 8AN
Tel. 0845 4589786
Mob. 07979 851123
For media enquiries
Ramsay Smith and Chris Carter.
Media House International
Tel. 0207 710 0020
75% of of the world’s remaining heather moorland is found in Britain – 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.
Scotland’s moorland heading into uncertain future. Dee Ward, Vice-Chair at Scottish Land & Estates, reflects on the future of Scotland’s moorland. Scotland’s purple-clad heather moorland is heading into a new era and uncertain future. The final report of a two-year long review into grouse moor management, commissioned by the Scottish Government, has made a host of recommendations that would result in the […]
Australia’s wildfires prove that you cannot simply ban burning Amanda Anderson, Director of the Moorland Association, responds to the recent wildfires in Australia: The horrific wildfires that are devastating large parts of Australia are extremely tough viewing. Pictures of badly burnt koalas, kangaroos and vast swathes of the countryside and people’s homes and livelihoods ablaze cannot but tug on the heartstrings and it is […]
