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.
Moorland Association vice-chairman on BBC Radio 4 Today The curlew is one of the UK’s most endangered bird species. Yet it is thriving on grouse moors thanks to skilled land management. Tom Orde-Powlett, Moorland Association vice-chairman and land manager at Bolton Castle estate explains on Radio 4’s Today programme why the curlew is doing so well on heather moorland.
Key scientific reports shine new light on value of heather burning A dossier of new evidence on peatland protection has highlighted a raft of scientific findings that could help shape future conservation of some of the UK’s most iconic landscapes. New research on key issues including carbon storage, water quality, biodiversity and wildfire reveals that conclusions drawn from previous science are now out of date and […]
