High Weald AONB are probably worth asking too. On 1 Sep 2012 12:37, "david bangs" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Heathland management near Bewl Water > > - Is there a parish-based group that could be persuaded to take an > interest ?...Parish Council itself, of course, school PTA, Parish > Historical Society etc. > - Possibly nearby Scotney Castle (Nat Trust) and definitely Bedgebury > Forest (Forestry Commission)have 'Friends of' groups...and they could > possibly be persuaded to widen their remits...After all, the South Downs NP > Vol Rangers sometimes work just outside the Nat Park on relevant neighbour > sites... > - Dawn Brickwood, of the Grasslands Trust, who operates locally, may have > more ideas... > > Dave Bangs > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: > <[email protected].**org.uk<[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 12:00 PM > Subject: Adastra Digest, Vol 76, Issue 1 > > > Send Adastra mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/**mailman/listinfo/adastra_**lists.sxbrc.org.uk<http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/adastra_lists.sxbrc.org.uk> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected].**org.uk <[email protected]> >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected].**uk <[email protected]> >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Adastra digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Heathland Management (Robin Searle) >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:35:22 +0100 >> From: Robin Searle <[email protected]> >> To: Adastra discussion group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Adastra] Heathland Management >> Message-ID: >> <**CAGjpNW62RO4tLiEv5Snbbsj1xU0VE**A=cHMHWa31qpKQ_D9yi=g@mail.**gmail.com<[email protected]> >> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> It might be worth asking the sussex wildlife trust as they have a youth >> ranger team which volunteers every Thursday carrying out practical >> conservation. Ask for renzo spano. >> Thanks, >> Robin. >> On Aug 30, 2012 5:15 PM, "Peter Hodge" >> <[email protected].**uk<[email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> >> Phil Bance has alerted me to a heathland site near Bewl Water that is >>> being invaded by bracken and young birch trees. Because heathland in >>> East Sussex, away from Ashdown Forest, is such a scarce resource he is >>> keen to see the area conserved (it is about 2 acres in extent). >>> >>> Does anyone know of any voluntary groups (such as BTCV) that might be >>> interested in carrying out management work and if so then who is the >>> person to approach? The landowner has given permission for the work to >>> be carried out but does not have the necessary resources to do it. >>> >>> So far as I am aware the heath is not within an SSSI or SNCI. The land >>> cannot be positively allocated to a vice county - although it is in >>> Watsonian Kent (VC 16) it is actually within the modern administrative >>> county of East Sussex. However, Kent wildlife recorders have, in the >>> recent past, been unwilling to carry out surveys along several parts of >>> the Kent/East Sussex boundary because they claim the Watsonian line was >>> drawn in the wrong place and therefore there has been little data >>> collected for the site. >>> >>> Peter Hodge. >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/**pipermail/adastra_lists.sxbrc.** >> org.uk/attachments/20120831/**94071b92/attachment-0001.html<http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/pipermail/adastra_lists.sxbrc.org.uk/attachments/20120831/94071b92/attachment-0001.html> >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Adastra mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/**adastra <http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra> >> http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/**adastra-archives<http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives> >> >> End of Adastra Digest, Vol 76, Issue 1 >> **************************************** >> > > >
