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Bumblebee survey training days
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Calling all MoorCitizens Volunteers!You are invited to attend our Bumblebee Survey Training Days which will be held at the following venues between 10am and 1pm:The Moorland Centre, Edale 22nd JuneCrowden YHA, Longdendale, Glossop 29th JuneMoorland Discovery Centre, Longshaw Estate 7th JulyHolme Village, Chapel Hall (Sunday School)13th JulySheffield Wildlife Trust’s HQ,
Lord Smith launches new Community Science Project
Wed 29 May 2013
Lord Chris Smith, Chair of the Environment Agency launched our new Community Science project on 24th May 2013. The project will involve local communities in the Peak District National Park in gathering valuable scientific data on their local moor by becoming "Moor Citizens".Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Edale-based
Visitor surveys completed
Tue 28 May 2013
The third and final round of Dark Peak Nature Improvement Area (NIA) baseline visitor surveys took place at the end of May. With the help of 15 volunteers, 195 questionnaires were completed by visitors at six key access points across the Sheffield moors.The surveys allow us to collect information on
Visitor survey volunteers needed in May
Mon 29 Apr 2013
The third and final Dark Peak Nature Improvement Area (NIA) visitor surveys of 2012/13 will take place in May.The surveys allow us to collect information on who is visiting green spaces and why; what benefits people gain from their visits, what they think of the natural environment they are visiting
Heavy metals water monitoring report at European Geosciences Union
Mon 22 Apr 2013
The Moors for the Future Partnership presented a report on water quality to the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in April. The gathering of over 11,000 scientists from 95 different countries is the largest geosciences meeting in Europe.The report - Spatial variation in water quality within the water bodies of
Schools competition
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Students encouraged to get creative … and bring their moor to life!We've launched a new competition to encourage school students to think creatively about the uniqueness of moorland habitats. To enter, students aged 8 – 16 can write a story or poem or create a poster or comic strip exploring
Moss capsules set for take-off
Mon 25 Mar 2013
New revegetation technique could revolutionise upland restorationWe’re working on a ground-breaking project to spread millions of sphagnum moss capsules by helicopter in one of our most ambitious ventures to date. The project is a collaboration with Micropropagation Services and their contractor, Heli-Lift and has the potential to transform the way
We're 10 years old
Fri 15 Feb 2013
And we couldn’t have done it without our partners!This year the Moors for the Future Partnership is celebrating a decade of moorland restoration. Since securing our first Heritage Lottery Fund grant and setting to work on our very first project in 2003 with a team of only five people, we’ve
More visitor survey volunteers needed
Mon 28 Jan 2013
A huge thank you to all the volunteers, staff and students that braved the weather to help us carry out winter visitor surveys for the Dark Peak NIA.Over five days, 26 volunteers, including Moors for the Future Partnership and National Trust volunteers, PDNPA Rangers and Sheffield County Council Trees and
Improved access on Kinder Scout to help walk off that Christmas excess!
Wed 09 Jan 2013
Works to renew some 2,000 metres of well-loved paths at four major access points to Kinder Scout in the Peak District National Park have been completed in time for the popular New Year walking season. In a major project managed by Moors for the Future Partnership, paths at Grindslow Knoll,
Listen while you walk
Thu 13 Dec 2012
Walkers can add a fascinating new dimension to their experience of two of the Peak District’s most dramatic and iconic locations – Bleaklow and Black Hill – with two brand new Audio Trails. The Trails can be downloaded onto iPods, MP3 Players or mobile phones and listened to as walkers
Bleaklow gully blocking completed
Tue 20 Nov 2012
This year's round of gully blocking on Bleaklow in the Peak District National Park was completed on 13th November.A total of 1,300 tons of gritstone was flown in as part of the EU LIFE+ funded MoorLIFE project. Over 1,800 stone dams were constructed since the work began on 6th September.
Your moors need you!
Tue 13 Nov 2012
Did you know that you could help save our local moors – Rishworth Common and Turley Holes - by volunteering for one of the largest moorland conservation initiatives in Europe?MoorLIFE, an exciting project run by Edale-based Moors for the Future Partnership and funded by the EU LIFE+ programme is now
Inspiring people to care for our beautiful moorlands
Mon 29 Oct 2012
We have installed new information panels at Crowden car park, close to Black Hill and Torside car park at the foot of Bleaklow.The illustrated panels will give locals and Pennine Way walkers a taste of what to expect, with photos of wildlife and landscape-scale moorland restoration works, aerial maps, as
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
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