Living Landscapes
We are working to restore and create ‘living’ landscapes by working with a number of landowners on large-area projects to help maintain healthy populations of native plant and animal species in the county.
For many years the Wildlife Trust has recognised that whilst it is critically important to conserve our valuable and scarce species of plants and animals on our nature reserves, we also need to conserve and augment wildlife in the wider countryside if populations are to survive in the long term. The potential impacts of climate change make it even more critical that important habitats should be extended, buffered and linked to allow wildlife to migrate and to ensure that populations are robust enough to survive the inevitable changes. As a result we are always keen to talk to landowners near our Reserves about possible habitat enhancement work on their land and we offer free advice on entry into agri-environment schemes.
We are also focusing our efforts on three areas of the county where there is high potential to manage, restore and re-create a living landscape.
• Trent Holmes Project (Trent Valley)
• Sherwood Forest (Rainworth area)
• Idle Valley Project (Retford area)
We are currently working with partner organisations, landowners and others to develop exciting habitat projects in these areas. If you own land in this area and would like to talk to us about potential grants for conservation projects or if you live locally and have ideas for nature conservation projects in your community, please contact our Conservation Policy Team.
