Pounds 35,000 Grant to Help Protect Eden's Areas of Paradise
Posted on: Saturday, 6 August 2005, 06:00 CDT
A pounds 35,000 grant has been awarded to Cumbria Wildlife Trust to ensure that all sites of wildlife importance in the Eden area are recognised and protected.
The money has been awarded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.
Eden has around 56 aggregate sites and all known wildlife sites of county importance in Eden occur within 10km of the aggregate workings.
As well as surveying sites, the Trust will work closely with landowners and provide advice on the future management, and the recovery and restoration, of important wildlife sites.
Helen Haydock, Cumbria Wildlife Trust development manager, said: "Over the last few decades large areas of important wildlife habitat have been lost to opencast aggregate extraction and although it is not possible to replace this lost habitat, Cumbria Wildlife Trust is working hard to protect remaining sites of importance for nature conservation from future development activities."
Phase one of the project has seen 115 wildlife sites surveyed over two years. The new funding for phase two will see the completion of the surveying of all 200 wildlife sites.
Source: The Journal - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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