August 2023

Partnerships: Water Voles make a welcome return to Cumbria’s riverbanks

It’s not been long since we shared our ‘Holes in the Map‘ series of blogs, about important species that once lived in the Lake District, that have sadly been destroyed in this part of the country. One such species was the Water Vole. Once a common sight in our rivers, Water Voles have vanished from […]

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Partnerships: Cumbria Connect Launches Ground-breaking Nature Recovery Apprenticeship Scheme Bringing Together Agriculture and Conservation

Livestock handling will be just one of the skills that apprentices will develop. Image taken by Bea Normington Cumbria Connect, the landscape scale nature-recovery programme based at Lowther, is paving the way for the future of land management careers by launching a pioneering Nature Recovery Apprenticeship Scheme.    The innovative scheme will initially offer six highly-coveted

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