Parks news £110m revamp for English rivers TOM WALKER
Environment secretary Caroline Spelman has revealed that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to invest £110m in overhauling England’s rivers. T e funding is to be used
to launch restoration schemes worth £600m across the coun- try in a bid to improve the health of more than 800 lakes, steams and other waterways. A total of £92m is planned
over the next four years to be spent on removing non- native invasive weeds and animals, as well as to clean up pollution and to remove redun- dant dams, weirs and landings. Cash will be shared by the Environment
Agency, Natural England and organisations such as the Association of Rivers Trust in order to build on existing projects.
T e funding will be used to launch restoration schemes on rivers A further £18m is to go towards helping
farmers put in place measures such as buff er strips and fences to protect water courses and to prevent agricultural pollution. Spelman said: “With this funding, we’ll help
our waterways thrive by tackling problems that have been sitting in the ‘too hard’ basket.”
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Council backs Telford country park expansion TOM WALKER
Telford and Wrekin Council (TWC) has approved in principle plans to incorporate a wider area of green space into the boundar- ies of Granville County Park, Shropshire. T e proposals were given the backing of cabinet
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members aſt er considering a report, which called for an extension of the park to include a current landfi ll site that is due to close. Restoration plans for the site have already
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been approved and include the creation of a new area of green space with woodland.
Coed Cadw Cymru launches new manifesto TOM WALKER
Coed Cadw Cymru (The Woodland Trus t) has announced the launch of its new manifesto – Growing Wales’ future – ahead of the the National Assembly elec- tions on 5 May. T e document calls on resi-
dents across Wales to ask their local candidates about their plans to promote the creation and protection of the coun- try’s native woodland. Among the main plans set
out in the manifesto is the adoption of a target to double the cover of native woodland in Wales over the next 50 years. T e trust also calls for the creation of a National Forest Park in the South Wales Valleys and the protection of ancient woods and trees.
ISSUE 2 2010 © cybertrek 2011 T e manifesto aims to secure the future of native woodlands in Wales T e president of T e Woodland Trust, Clive
Anderson, said: “Wales will be missing a trick if it fails to make the most of the many benefi ts native woodland and trees have to off er.”
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