NFU report: Farming Delivers for the Hills and Uplands

4 Mar 2013: Farming Delivers for the Hills and Uplands Keeping livestock on the hills is the key to maintaining the character of areas like the Lake District,... read more

Bracken Control - emergency authorisation has been approved

4 Mar 2013: It's Official: The Emergency Authorisation has been approved Representatives of the Bracken Control Group (BCG) met in York on February 26th and... read more

Post-Legislative Assessment of the Commons Act 2006

19 Feb 2013: The post-legislative assessment of the Commons Act 2006, comprising the Government's memorandum to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select... read more

LFA designation in the spotlight after 40 years

12 Feb 2013: A new Government consultation on the way Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) are designated is in process. The European Commission has proposed to replace... read more

Government must act quicker to help farmers on common land says MP

6 Feb 2013: South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the Government to take action to help farmers who have part of their farm wrongly labelled as 'common... read more

Evaluations show 1st round of Hill Farming Training courses in Cumbria a great success

23 Jan 2013: Thirty two people (22 male, 10 female) attended the Day 1 courses in Cumbria. Seven participants were from Natural England ranging from people with a... read more
Fell above Warcop

Ministry of Defence's bid to have the common land at Warcop, Murton and Hilton in Cumbria de-registered still rumbles on

23 Jan 2013: A Defence Infrastructure Organisation spokesman said: “We are still awaiting the outcome” six months after the Minsitry of Defence's... read more

Managing Risk and Assessing Progress of the Malvern Hills Grazing Partnership

23 Jan 2013: Since 2008 the Malvern Hill Conservators (MHC) have used Higher Level Stewardship  funding to work with seven local farmers and common graziers... read more