South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership are helping teams across the region with their plans to create new woodlands for local people to enjoy.
Tag: Nature Recovery
Wildlife restoration project breathes life back into roadside and river habitats
A long-term restoration of nature along the River Rother alongside the M1 near Rotherham has been praised by local MP Alexander Stafford. The Rotherham Rivers 3 project is part of […]
Sheffield Draft Local Plan consultation
On 9th January, Sheffield City Council published their long-awaited Draft Local Plan, which is now open for consultation until 20th February 2023. The plan will shape the policies and locations for […]
COP15: a focus on the perilous state of our natural world.
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust urges South Yorkshire MPs to back ambitious global nature recovery targets.
Clive Betts MP supports #DefendNature campaign
On Wednesday 28th September our CEO Liz Ballard, Living Landscape Development Manager Nicky Rivers and Advocacy Officer Ian Cracknell met with Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East at Owlthorpe […]
Owlthorpe Fields gains Local Wildlife Site status
After almost 4 years of campaigning against housing development on a rewilded Greenfield site in Owlthorpe, Sheffield, the decision to designate the two remaining allocated housing areas as Local Wildlife Sites came as very welcome news to local community group Owlthorpe Fields Action Group (OAG).
Swift initiative at Malin Bridge School for endangered species
Local voluntary group S6 Swifts have installed four crowdfunded swift nesting boxes to Malin Bridge Primary School in Hillsborough to help reverse the population decline of this at-risk bird. Since […]
Nature Recovery Rotherham welcomes Council’s declaration of nature crisis
Nature Recovery Rotherham have welcomed today’s announcement from Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council that they have passed a motion to declare a nature crisis. In March over 360 local individuals and […]
Nature Recovery groups on the hunt for region’s nature heroes
Are you or is someone you know doing great things to help nature? If so, Nature Recovery Sheffield and Nature Recovery Rotherham would love to hear from you!
Quiz the South Yorkshire Mayoral candidates on action for nature and climate
An online hustings event is being held Monday 25 April at 7pm to give local people the chance to question South Yorkshire Mayoral candidates on how they intend to address […]