THIS is another busy year for Moors for the Future Partnership as they look to build more than 6,000 dams and spread over 3,500 bags…
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Pay (more) and display! New parking fees for reservoir?
MOTORISTS parking at Dovestone Reservoir contributed more than £85,000 to Oldham Council coffers in the last financial year. That figure will now rise considerably if…
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Handy Andy lends a hand for peat’s sake!
ANDY Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, joined a team of volunteers lending a hand to a partnership restoring the peat bogs above Saddleworth. The group…
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Public appeal launched to raise £500,000 to restore Marsden Moor after blazes
AN appeal to raise £500,000 to help restore Marsden Moor has been launched by the National Trust after the latest outbreak of wildfires devastated huge…
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Peak District volunteer scientists receive award and £2,000 grant
VOLUNTEER scientists in the Peak District and South Pennines have won the prestigious 2017 Campaign for National Parks ‘Park Protector’ award, collecting a £2,000 grant. …
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Countryside comes closer thanks to ‘bogtastic’ exhibition van
COUNTRYSIDE lovers will be able to step on a virtual peat bog without wetting their feet… The Moors for the Future Partnership has set the…
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Eye-catching Saddleworth owl photograph scoops first prize
WITH PIERCING yellow eyes, this short-eared owl was captured on a fencepost bathed in golden evening sunlight on Saddleworth moorland. Malcolm Mee’s photograph won the Moors for the Future…
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Teams rush to tackle major fire on Saddleworth moors
PLUMES OF smoke drifted across the Saddleworth hills as a fire took hold above Uppermill and Greenfield. Fire-fighters and the police were assisted by Oldham…
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Search is on for exceptional non-executive directors to help secure National Parks future
THREE EXCEPTIONAL, pioneering people are being sought to help secure the future of UK National Parks through a new venture. The trio of non-executive directors…
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Youth Rangers help tackle climate change with research on Saddleworth moors
A TEAM of environmentally friendly young people are helping to tackle climate change by carrying out research on the Saddleworth Moors. Almost 20 Dovestone Youth…
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