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The home of Chris & Liz Atkin in Grinton where part of the house collapsed after flash floods Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT. THE organisation responsible for maintaining the landscapes and promoting the enjoyment of a national park is to set out “the most extensive and ambitious annual programme of work” it has ever undertaken following what it describes as “extreme disruption” due to the pandemic. In a report to the first face-to-face Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority meeting since it was forced to introduce emergency measures, its deputy chief executive Gary Smith said its action plan to support recovery across the 2,179sq km area post-Covid would focus on nature recovery, land management and improving access to the area for all in society.
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A CONFERENCE exploring how farmers in the National Parks and Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty can adapt their businesses as farm payments are phased out will be taking place next month. Farmers are invited to join the second conference hosted by the Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA) at the University of Cumbria in partnership with the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC). The Conference on May 26 will explore how proposals from Defra s Landscapes Review, which was chaired by Julian Glover, can be put into action. Defra will be speaking at the conference and updating on the new Farming in Protected Landscapes grants, an exciting three-year project. Seventy percent of England s land is farmed and the proportion of land farmed or grazed in the country s National Parks is nearer 80 percent.
Farming Diary by Helen Keep, senior farm conservation officer, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: THE trials and tribulations of Zoom meetings continued through February as the farm team embarked on a suite of seminars covering lunch-times and evenings over two weeks. In all, 135 farmers and land managers from all parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park listened to talks about the updated Countryside Stewardship scheme, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) Environmental Land Management scheme and a few thoughts on the brand new and soon-to-be-launched (fingers crossed) Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme. Zoom does have its positives but, as an attendee or organiser, you are definitely missing out on a cup of tea and a chat afterwards. The post-meeting tea is always a good time to catch up, to ask those questions that have been niggling you for ages, to ask more details on something you heard about that evening, and to enjoy