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New project seeks help from landowners to restore peatlands across the Humberhead Levels
A new Peatland Discovery project funded by Defra is offering farmers and landowners free surveys to assess the condition of peaty soils on their land.
Great Crested Newt District Level Licensing Project
Map your valued places
Tell us why the Humberhead Levels matters to you as part of our new project
A very brief history of Potteric Carr
Potteric was part of the Humberhead Levels, a huge flat plain spanning over 2,000 square kilometres across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire which ultimately drained 20% of England’s…
Otterly Lovely
So far 2023 has brought with it some otterly wonderful news for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust!
Wild Work Day with University of Leeds
University of Leeds students take part in a practical volunteering day.
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
Lovely scrubbly - what scrub is and why we manage it
Jim explains what scrub is, why it's important and how we manage it on our reserves
Michael Gove reveals UK set to back total ban on bee-harming pesticides
In an article penned for The Guardian today, the Environment Secretary states: "Where there is evidence that human activity is contributing to pollinator decline, we have a duty to act.…
My breath of fresh air
Michael manages Stanley Moss Nature Reserve; he loves the serenity of the area and the different wildlife that he can see. The area was once used for coal mining, and was drained and planted with…
Devastating news for bees as Government reverses neonicotinoids ban
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is alarmed to learn the Government has agreed the use of a highly damaging pesticide - neonicotinoid thiamethoxam - for the treatment of sugar beet seed in response to…