Street Tree Working Strategy for Sheffield sets out new direction for the care of the city’s highway trees The first Partnership Street Tree Working Strategy for Sheffield has been released today and will be recommended to Sheffield City Council for adoption next week.
The new Environment Bill and what it means The Wildlife Trusts have long campaigned for ambitious laws for nature, and we welcome the new Environment Bill and its ambition. We hope this long-awaited Bill drives real action to tackle the nature crisis head on.
Our response to HS2 being given the green light HS2 decision will destroy precious wild places – The Wildlife Trusts call for a redesign.
Thousands ask Prime Minister to stop and re-think HS2 Today a letter from The Wildlife Trusts, signed by over 66,000 people will be delivered to 10 Downing Street highlighting the huge risks that HS2 poses to the environment.
A huge win for our Save Smithy Wood Campaign but this is not the end We really welcome today’s news that MSA Extra have withdrawn their application to develop a major motorway service area on Smithy Wood, a semi-natural ancient woodland and Local Wildlife Site near J35 of the M1.
Sheffield woodland and forest management programme supports local wildlife and builds in resilience in the face of increasing threats to trees and climate change As part of the Heritage Funded Sheffield Lakeland partnership the woodland team at Sheffield City Council are tackling the legacy of unproductive conifer plantations by clear felling and replanting with species of tree that will result in a richer and more resilient woodland landscape. Working with Yorkshire Water and Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Sheffield […]
HS2 – new report reveals exorbitant cost to nature A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts today reveals, for the first time, the vast scale of the destruction and impact that HS2 will cause to nature. ‘What’s the damage? Why HS2 will cost nature too much’ is the most comprehensive assessment of the environmental damage that HS2 will cause. It assesses the broad […]
Rare woodland bird species to benefit from a home makeover at Blacka Moor [lead] Blacka Moor nature reserve has received a boost for rare woodland birds following the completion of a 12 month habitat restoration project by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust.[/lead] The project was made possible thanks to an award of £20,000 from Viridor Credits Environmental Company, through the Landfill Communities Fund, which funded a year-long programme […]
New project aims to supersize our understanding of Sheffield and Rotherham’s wildlife [lead]Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are delighted to announce the launch of a new project, ‘More Data for Nature’, aimed at understanding biodiversity trends across a landscape scale, addressing one of the key recommendations of the Sheffield State of Nature report: to close gaps in the city’s ecological data.[/lead] Following on from the successful ‘Data […]
Pond creation tender win for Sheffield environmental consultancy Wildscapes CIC have embarked on a project to deliver a number of Great Crested Newt ponds across the Derbyshire region this winter.