Other news

Other news stories

New Guiding Principles for the creation of clough woodland published

Thu 09 Jan 2020

Moors for the Future Partnership has published a set of guiding principles for the creation of clough woodlands in the Peak District and South Pennines.Creation of Clough Woodlands: Methodology and design principles covers information about how to create clough woodlands, project planning, choosing suitable land, acquiring consents from government bodies,

The Bog Standard - the winter edition

Mon 23 Dec 2019

Welcome to the winter edition of our recently relaunched quarterly newsletter, now entitled The BOG Standard, continuing to bring you the latest from the world of Moors for the Future Partnership.Read it online

Relaunched newsletter - The BOG Standard

Mon 30 Sep 2019

Welcome to the first edition of our relaunched quarterly newsletter, now entitled The BOG Standard, and continuing to bring you the latest from the world of Moors for the Future Partnership.Read it online

Harvesting sphagnum from donor sites

Fri 02 Aug 2019

New evidence indicates that hummock-forming species of sphagnum moss recover from harvesting. The study by Moors for the Future Partnership, commissioned by Natural England, aimed to determine whether it is sustainable to harvest Sphagnum palustre from SSSI areas for translocation to nearby sites. It concluded that within five years a

Natural England awards grant to provide Building Blocks for a healthy moorland

Mon 29 Jul 2019

Moors for the Future Partnership has received a boost to its work to restore the moorlands of the South Pennines, including the Peak District National Park.It has been awarded a Water Environment Grant (WEG) of nearly £2 million by Natural England for its project: Building Blocks – Next Steps in

Moors for the Future Partnership tracks moor achievements with core partner

Mon 24 Jun 2019

Moors for the Future Partnership welcomed core partner, the Environment Agency, onto the moors of the Peak District National Park this month to take a closer look at the successes achieved as part of the partnership. During the site visit, the Partnership walked along the Cutthroat Track to Derwent Edge,

Spring 2019 MoorNEWS out now

Mon 17 Jun 2019

The Spring 2019 edition of our newsletter, MoorNEWS is available to read online now.You can find out more about the new fire awareness leaflet that we have produced and distributed in collaboration with Pennine Prospects, our biggest conservation works season, and our new projects - including the nearly £2 million

A joint wildlife monitoring quest to record Moor Bats

Thu 13 Jun 2019

Moors for the Future Partnership has embarked on a programme of joint monitoring with the Derbyshire Bat Group. This is a first, as the Partnership has never monitored bats within wildlife monitoring programmes.Derbyshire Bat Group has provided a passive detector, security box, memory cards and batteries. Throughout summer and autumn,

Peak District landowner reviving woodland in Hope Valley

Tue 23 Apr 2019

A landowner has created seven hectares of new upland woodland in the Hope Valley. The work – facilitated by the Moors for the Future Partnership’s Clough Woodlands Project and made possible by grants from Natural England, the Forestry Commission and the Woodland Trust – includes the planting of over 11,500

Coldhouse Collective announces support for the Moors for the Future Partnership

Mon 15 Apr 2019

Sheffield-based filmmakers Coldhouse Collective have announced a new relationship with the Moors for the Future Partnership, an initiative that is working to regenerate and protect uplands across the South Pennines and the Peak District National Park.250 years of industrial pollution, wildfire and flooding has stripped the uplands of its carpet

Looking back on an award-winning year for peatland conservation

Mon 18 Mar 2019

Howling wind and freezing fingers, baking sun and sunburnt faces; just some of the extreme weather events that hardy volunteers expect as they head out onto remote moorland across the Peak District and South Pennines to monitor changes in the blanket bog habitat.You can read more about how these dedicated

A peatland-tailored User Guide on methods to value benefits from restoration

Thu 07 Mar 2019

We've helped to develop a guide for peatland restoration practitioners and anyone interested in peatlands to value the socio-economic benefits of their restoration. The ‘User Guide’ was developed as part of the Yorkshire integrated Catchment Solutions Programme (iCASP) together with Yorkshire Peat Partnership (YPP) and the University of Leeds.This interactive

Celebrating our 15th year

Thu 07 Mar 2019

We've celebrated the Partnership's anniversary in style We wanted to plan a special year for our 15th anniversary. After all, this Partnership has a lot to be proud of in just 15 years. So we decided to hold or participate in 15 events throughout our 15th year. Many of the

A big bog season: quarterly conservation update

Thu 07 Mar 2019

Our biggest season yet This season is our biggest ever for conservation works and whilst there is still much to do, the impressive numbers thus far continue to fly in. These numbers are from the last quarter of 2018.Nearly 10,000 bags of heather brash have been flown by helicopter onto

Caring for the hills protects us from flooding, says new research

Wed 16 Jan 2019

A restoration scheme on the hills of the Peak District has the potential to reduce the level of flood risk to the towns and villages below, according to researchers. Professors Tim Allott and Martin Evans and Dr Emma Shuttleworth, from The University of Manchester, say measures taken by conservation group

Final edition of Community Scientist out now

Thu 20 Dec 2018

The final edition of Community Scientist newsletter is now available to read.With the Heritage Lottery Funded (HLF) phase of the Community Science project drawing to a close at the end of this year, now is a good time to look back and celebrate the project's successes so far. However –

New film ‘The Carbon Farmer’ paints a bright future for UK Peatland conservation, agriculture and climate action

Thu 13 Dec 2018

In their current state the UK’s peatlands are a source of around 20 million tonnes of CO2 (equivalent) per year – this is the same as the yearly emissions from electricity use in two and a half million homes. A new short film premiers possibilities for achieving a brighter carbon

New visitor experience helps fight climate change in the Peak District National Park

Wed 14 Nov 2018

Visitors to the Peak District National Park will be doing their bit to help combat climate change by heading off the beaten track to plant vital sphagnum moss on the majestic moors in a new hands-on ‘build a bog’ experience.On an exclusive guided walk with Moors for the Future Partnership,

Building bogs: conservation quarterly roundup

Thu 01 Nov 2018

Building Bogs Some of the highpoints include the airlifting and spreading of 391 bags of chopped heather cuttings onto bare peat, the spreading of lime, seed and fertiliser via helicopter across 139 hectares, the installation of 1135 gully blocks (or dams), and the planting of sphagnum onto 144 hectares of

A brand new adventure: a chat with volunteer Tom Helliwell

Fri 19 Oct 2018

Tom Helliwell had worked behind a desk his entire life. When he was made redundant, he took it as an opportunity to do something radically different.“I used to go camping in Edale when I was a little lad, but once I’d grown up and life got busier and busier, visiting