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Moors for the Future on Newsround

Mon 01 Oct 2012

Last week the CBBC Newsround team, Peak District National Park Authority Chief Executive Jim Dixon and local MP Angela Smith visited Black Hill to mark the start of our innovative sphagnum reintroduction programme.Newsround presenter Leah Gooding flew over the area where the work will take place by helicopter, and interviewed

Millions of moss ‘beads’ airlifted to restore Peak District and South Pennine moors

Mon 24 Sep 2012

A groundbreaking new approach to moorland conservation starts this week as we begin airlifting 150 million ‘beads’ of Sphagnum moss to help bring life back to the Peak District and South Pennine moors.In the first operation of its kind, Sphagnum gel beads known as BeadaMoss™ will be airlifted by helicopter

Visitor survey volunteers

Wed 22 Aug 2012

We carried out 220 visitor surveys across 6 sites over a 4 day period on Sheffield Moors for the Dark Peak Nature Improvement Area. The surveys were developed in collaboration with Dr Karl Evans of the University of Sheffield and are part of ongoing monitoring that will be continue until

Moorland gardening on a grand scale

Wed 22 Aug 2012

Last week 38,000 plants were flown and planted out by hand on Kinder Scout, in the first round of a winter programme of work that will see 300,000 new native moorland shrubs growing in the Dark Peak and South Peninne Moorlands.Planting started on Kinder Scout after the end of the

Groundbreaking research that goes with the flow

Mon 20 Aug 2012

As part of an innovative new project to monitor the effects of gully blocking on the traverse of water across the Bleaklow plateau, we have just installed the second of 4 sets of flumes. The flumes are channels which direct the flow of water which is measured and logged to

Help us see how much our work is growing

Thu 12 Jul 2012

Research and monitoring is an essential part of our work. Right now we're looking for volunteers help out with vegetation monitoring on our restoration sites. We need people for sites across the Peak District and South Peninnes but we'd particularly like to hear from you if you're based in the

Improving path access - from Edale to Kinder

Sat 23 Jun 2012

By the end of August, 1107 metres of Grindslow Knoll path will have been restored to improve access on to Kinder Scout due to the support of private land-owner,Tom Noel, and the National Trust as well as funds from the Natural England Conservation Plans Project (NECPP); delivered by Moors for

Celebrating the spoken history of the Dark Peak Moors

Mon 11 Jun 2012

An audio archive recording the voices and memories of people who lived and worked on or visited the Peak District moors is now available to view at two local towns.The Moor Memories oral history project has spent two years collecting stories of moorland life in the Peak District from residents,

Five thousand dams this winter

Mon 26 Mar 2012

Moors for the Future have put in place almost 5,000 dams at sites across the Peak District. The work was started in November and our teams have been out in all weathers from bright winter sunshine to snow and driving rain.Why do we block gullies? Gullies that have formed in

Field Guide to Sphagnum mosses chart

Wed 14 Mar 2012

A Field Guide to Sphagnum mosses chart has been produced in association with the IUCN UK Peatland Programme, the Field Studies Council, the Heather Trust and MoorLIFE, an EU LIFE+ project delivered by Moors For The Future Partnership.The illustrated guide provides an introduction to Sphagnum mosses and is suitable for

Schools' climate change project back for 2012

Mon 05 Mar 2012

Schools’ climate change research on Peak District moorsHundreds of secondary school students from across the region will conduct climate change research on the Peak District and Pennine moors from March 9-19, 2012. In the fifth annual Moorland Indicators of Climate Change Initiative (MICCI) as part of National Science and Engineering

Millions of seeds airlifted to save moors

Mon 16 Jan 2012

The South Pennine moors will turn green and healthy once more as one of the largest landscape conservation projects in the UK airlifts and spreads 5,500 bulk-bags of heather brash (cuttings) on to Bleaklow in the Peak District and South Pennines.An EU funded project, MoorLIFE, spearheaded by Moors for the

Festive gathering for MoorLIFE volunteers

Wed 14 Dec 2011

MoorLIFE volunteers met at Coopers Café in Edale to celebrate the scientific evidence they have collected from local moors in Derbyshire and the Peak DistrictThousands of vegetation and water table measurements have been recorded by volunteers over the year tocollect data on the effects of conservation on the health of

Giant nets capture new life for Bleaklow

Thu 27 Oct 2011

MoorLIFE, one of the largest conservation projects in the UK, is now spreading thirty-three kilometres (more than twenty miles) of geo-textile netting on to the moor surface of Bleaklow to help reduce erosion of the peat and establish a new layer of vegetation. The Bleaklow conservation work site, stretching between

MoorLIFE project is bringing life back to the bogs

Tue 11 Oct 2011

Eminent British ecologist Professor Sir John Lawton visits MoorLIFE conservation site, Black Hill. It was, perhaps, an unlikely venue for a VIP visit. White cloud was swirling around the damp moorland vegetation of Holme Moss, an area of Black Hill, one of the landmark summits in the Pennine hills which

South Pennines Moorwatch

Wed 18 May 2011

Help the police and local authorities keep an eye on the moors in the South Pennines. Keeping a look out for antisocial behaviour such as fly-tipping or illegal off-roading can really help. With just a few clicks on our website you can record where you have seen something, upload a

Where tractors fear to tread!

Fri 25 Feb 2011

Helicopters play a vital role in the conservation of moorland resources If you are out and about in the Peak District National Park or the South Pennine area until the end of March you may see a helicopter carrying a load of white ‘dumpy’ bags flying onto the moors.This is

Chair of Environment Agency launches Making Space for Water project

Mon 06 Sep 2010

Moors for the Future Partnership’s ‘Making Space for Water’ project was launched by Lord Smith, Chair of the Environment Agency, on 30 September at Fairholmes Visitor Centre in the Derwent Valley. In this new project Moors for the Future, in partnership with the Environment Agency, aim to demonstrate how our

Critical moss

Fri 21 May 2010

With help from the Co-op our 'Sphagnum Propagation Project' will help to revive the dangerously low numbers of this vital, peat-creating plant in the Peak District. The project is co-funded by Natural England. Click here to find out more.