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Iconic Bogtastic Van takes a bow after a decade of serving local communities

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Peak District-based conservation organisation Moors for the Future Partnership is waving goodbye to one of its best-loved and most recognisable assets, while embarking on a new challenge at its headquarters in Edale, Derbyshire.Its unique Bogtastic van – described as a “moorland exhibition on wheels” – has toured the Peak District

The BOG Standard - Autumn 2026

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 edition of our quarterly newsletter, The BOG Standard, bringing you the latest from the world of Moors for the Future Partnership.To have The BOG Standard delivered to your inbox sign up to our newsletter.In the latest edition you can read about:Our current, massive capital works

Introducing documentary marking one year since catastrophic Goyt Valley wildfire

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Local businesses, residents and volunteers are set to feature in a brand new documentary, which focusses on the impact of a 2025 wildfire in the Goyt Valley, near Buxton in Derbyshire.The documentary, commissioned by Moors for the Future Partnership, will showcase the voices of communities affected by the 2025 moorland

Launching Moor Resilience 2030

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Record-breaking private investment to help transform peatland landscapesMoors for the Future Partnership is set to deliver its most ambitious peatland conservation programme to date, bringing benefits to investors, nature and the public at a trailblazing scale. Thanks to natural capital investment of up to £25 million from a collective of

Exciting new partnership integrates nature recovery works with protecting strategic road networks

Tue 10 Nov 2026

Moors for the Future Partnership and National Highways celebrate an exciting new partnership that will deliver peatland restoration works to protect two major Pennine roads from the risks of flooding and wildfire.The work is being carried out on moorlands around the A628, linking Greater Manchester with South Yorkshire and the

The BOG Standard - Countryfile special

Tue 03 Nov 2026

Welcome to the Countryfile special our newsletter, The BOG Standard, continuing to bring you the latest from the world of Moors for the Future Partnership.Read it onlineSign up to The Bog Standard.

Moors for the Future's new leaflets helping everyone understand precious habitats

Fri 26 Jun 2026

Moors for the Future Partnership has created a brand new suite of leaflets for use at public events and for tourist hotspots in the Peak District and beyond. The leaflets aim to tell people about the importance of our moorlands, and the need to look after them.There are four leaflets

Severn Trent partnership brings life back to damaged moorland landscapes

Wed 07 Jan 2026

Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, the moorlands of the Peak District and South Pennines have been suffering from the legacy of centuries of pollution from the coal-fired factories that once surrounded them. However, these precious landscapes are gradually being brought back to life, thanks to organisations working in

The BOG Standard - Autumn 2025

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Innovative social media trial launches Peak District summer wildfire awareness campaign

Tue 22 Jul 2025

The summer holidays are here. It can be a wonderful time of year, where adventures can be had, new skills learned, new territories explored, all facilitated by long sunny days. Spring 2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest on record and despite a few welcome showery days, the summer is

British Mountaineering Council and Moors for the Future Partnership win conservation award

Mon 21 Jul 2025

The British Mountaineering Council and Peak District National Park Authority – working through Moors for the Future Partnership – have received a prestigious award for their work to conserve the moorlands of the Peak District and South Pennines.The EUROPARC Federation and the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS) have given

BBC’s Springwatch casts light onto Peak District conservation success story

Fri 06 Jun 2025

This week, BBC’s popular natural history series, Springwatch, is coming from the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, situated in the Peak District National Park and, on Wednesday 4 June, told the story of a natural success story. Moors for the Future Partnership, alongside Derbyshire Bat Group, have been gathering data which

Why UK Moorland Wildfires are Everyone’s Problem

Wed 21 May 2025

On the upland moors in the Goyt Valley, near the Derbyshire town of Buxton, it’s possible to stand in two worlds at the same time. While one foot stands on the charred black remains of a wildfire that has destroyed approximately 160 hectares of moorland, including the nests and eggs

Bog Standard Autumn 2024

Mon 11 Nov 2024

Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of our quarterly newsletter, The BOG Standard, bringing you the latest from the world of Moors for the Future Partnership.To have the BOG Standard delivered to your inbox sign up to our newsletter.In the latest edition you can read about:Our Wild Spaces short film

Wild Spaces in cinemas now

Thu 24 Oct 2024

Working in partnership is essential to the work we do. This Summer we collaborated with National Trust, National Parks Partnerships,Peak District National Park, Peak District National Park Foundation, Pearl & Dean, Dive and Plastic Pictures to bring the decades long restoration story of Kinder Scout to the cinema through the

Conference 2024

Tue 09 Jul 2024

What Green Financing for the Uplands can do for Business 12th & 13th September The Crescent Hotel, Buxton Schedule and site visit information Information - download a summary document of conference discussions- conference schedule plus links to presentations- about the site visits- contact us Conference Summary Document Read or download

Works underway to restore wildfire scarred landscape

Wed 27 Mar 2024

When a campfire in 2018 started a wildfire that raged across 61 hectares of moorland near the Staffordshire town of Leek, 20% of the precious peatland landscape of the Roaches was devastated. The equivalent of over 85 football pitches of ground was left lifeless and blackened. Moors for the Future

Innovative project to help protect historic Peak District spa town

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Nestlé Waters UK, the Environment Agency, Severn Trent and the Harris & Sheldon Group have joined forces with Moors for the Future Partnership in a natural capital financing initiative to fund critical upland restoration work in the Peak District. It now means 80% of the project funding has been provided

Dates for your diary

Thu 27 Dec 2018

All news | MoorLIFE 2020 news | Upcoming eventsNot far away, there’s a mysterious world in the clouds, where our drinking water is cleaned, water is stored to help reduce the risk of flooding, carbon accumulates to tackle climate change, and bizarre plants live alongside unique animals. Welcome to the

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