FUNDING of more than £712,000 has been awarded to a partnership programme with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust(YDMT) to create wildflower meadows on a large scale. The money is part of the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund which will aim to reverse the alarming decline that has seen 97 per cent of meadows eradicated and the remaining three per cent teetering on the brink of extinction. The YDMT will work with the Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership. Sarah Robinson Forest of Bowland AONB Farming and Wildlife Officer said: “We’re very excited by this news of a grant ward to the Meadow Makers project. The grant will help us to continue the joint project delivery in the Forest of Bowland into a tenth ‘Hay Time’ season; working alongside Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust to restore and enhance upland hay meadows and species rich grassland.”
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Victoria Benn takes you on a virtual Google tour over one of the Dales’ best loved and second highest peaks, in the comfort of your own home and without the need of walking boots. THE latest virtual reality technology has been harnessed by arts charity Settle Stories to make the majestic Ingleborough landmark virtually accessible to all. As part of its far reaching and freely available learning programme, regarded especially pertinent at the current time of mobility restrictions, Yorkshire’s second highest mountain and arguably its most famous, is uniquely brought to life through the creation of a new Google Expedition.