Recent news

Recent news about Moors for the Future projects.

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

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:Works resuming on the moorsJoint

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

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