02 September 2025
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Reintroducing beavers is hoped to have a positive impact on biodiversity and can help reduce flooding in areas lower downstream. The council said: "We are striving to become an Ecologically Positive...
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The Government says this means more funding for boosting biodiversity at scale, creating wildlife-rich environments, reducing flood risk in vulnerable areas, and improving water quality in local rivers and streams
01 December 2025
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1 min read
In a joint project by the Lake District National Park Authority, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and through working closely with farmers, 23 football pitches worth of hay meadows has been restored
11 November 2025
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2 min read
Farmers are supporting nature restoration and wildlife by keeping sediment on-farm which could also help businesses reclaim and reuse productive soil that would otherwise be lost downstream
04 November 2025
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3 min read
