Tag: Our land
Fixing and fettling Post
Following the Easter break, Jan and our volunteers are back dry stone walling in Mazonwath. Meanwhile, there's an appeal to listen out for a rare toad and an appeal to help double the difference during Earth Raise week.
No funding for commons Post
We recently wrote to ministers urging them to address the lack of agri-environment funding for commons.
Rainforest appeal donations doubled during Earth Raise Week Post
Friends of the Lake District is calling on the public to help save one of Cumbria’s rarest habitats as we launch an urgent fundraising appeal to restore temperate rainforest in the Rusland Valley.
Walk in a rainforest Post
Exploring Friends of the Lake District’s Rusland Woods with the people helping to bring Cumbria’s rainforests back to life.
Championing the commons Post
Policy officer Amanda McCleery explains how Friends of the Lake District helps keep the commons of Cumbria thriving.
Our new website Post
The website as you see it now is just the start. Much of our previous content is temporarily unavailable as we continue to work on and update things.
High Borrowdale extremes Post
While volunteers dig in at High Borrowdale, Jan reflects on the government's Land Use Framework and what it might mean for upland hill farmers while the bridge at Dam Mire opens to the public.
Mud, Maud and Mabel Post
Jan has some cheeky visitors to her garden while there's a muddy volunteer day at Mazonwath. Plus the bridge at Dam Mire is nearly complete.
The holly, the digger and the hedgehog hope Post
This week we have been in our beautiful woods in the Rusland Valley, trying to make these woods more resilient and ensure that the features of Atlantic rainforest that we have, are enhanced
Diggers, planting and exposure climbing… Post
Work begins on the new bridge at Dam Mire Wood, and volunteers go climbing up the crag to cut back gorse at the Helm to expose the geology.
The daisy, the tree and the corner… Post
Work begins on the new bridge at Dam Mire Wood, and volunteers go climbing up the crag to cut back gorse at the Helm to expose the geology.
Multiple capital reports Post
A Multiple Capitals Account (MCA) is a mechanism designed to value all the benefits a landscape provides for society. It supplies significantly more information about the value of land to the economy, society and cultural heritage as well as to nature and climate change than a Natural Capital...