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For further information about the Moorland Association, please get in touch with:

Chair, Mark Cunliffe-Lister

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Director, Amanda Anderson

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The Moorland Association

PO Box 75
Leyburn
DL8 9AQ

Tel. 0845 4589786
Mob. 07979 851123

For media enquiries

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Ramsay Smith and Caroline Middleton Gordon
Media House International

Tel. 0207 710 0020

 

 

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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.

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RECORD HIGH FOR HEN HARRIER POPULATION IN ENGLAND Figures released today by Natural England show another rise in the population of Hen Harriers in England, with 141 chicks fledging successfully this year. This increase is nearly a further fifth from last year’s 119 chicks which was the highest number for a century. The data marks a decade of population growth for this very […]

Can using fire help protect our beautiful heather moors?   There are many misconceptions about the way moorland is managed to help red grouse and other ground-nesting birds to nest and fledge their chicks successfully. Controlled burning has been carried out for generations for improving grazing, but the association between heather burning and grouse shooting means that campaigners constantly seek to portray it as […]

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