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Help save hunted badgers – and the dogs – say police
9:53am Thursday 20th May 2010
North Yorkshire Police are appealing for help to protect badgers – and the dogs used to hunt them.
Why globetrotter Rowan is at the cutting edge of his trade
9:50am Thursday 20th May 2010
North Craven farmer Rowan Pickles has just come to the end of lambing-time – but only a few weeks ago he was shearing sheep.
Bid to ban Chinese lanterns
9:48am Thursday 20th May 2010
As the wedding season gets into full swing in Craven, rural champion the Country Land and Business Association has renewed its call to have Chinese lanterns either banned or made with biodegradable supports.
Don’t let your dog frighten nesting birds
9:47am Thursday 20th May 2010
Dog owners visiting the Yorkshire Dales are being asked to help make life easier for ground-nesting birds and their young by keeping their pets on leads.
The hills are a different world
5:22pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010
On Sunday morning I had to go to Kendal and, driving over Fleet Moss and down Howgate, it was a very different world. Even though it was quite a pleasant morning, snow was still blowing across the road off the top of the drifts which still line either side right along the top and round the corner at Cam road end.
Dales access group gets three new members
10:10am Saturday 20th February 2010
Three new members have been appointed to a group set up to look at ways to improve public access to the Dales.
Farmer warns of Chinese lanterns peril
10:10am Saturday 20th February 2010
A sheep farmer has highlighted the danger of Chinese lanterns to livestock and moorland.
New chairman for millennium trust
10:10am Saturday 20th February 2010
A former chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has been appointed as the new chairman of the Clapham-based Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.
Craven farmers urged to help wading birds
5:00pm Friday 19th February 2010
Farmers in the Yorkshire Dales National Park who are part of an agri-environment scheme are being invited to help improve the habitats of wading birds like curlews and lapwings.
New uplands payments deal is a boost for Yorkshire Dales
5:00pm Friday 19th February 2010
A new payment scheme for hill farmers who protect and look after the Yorkshire Dales has been launched.
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