Now that everyone s turning to nature, Jan Hunter talks to botanist Anne Press who has spent her adult life immersed in nature around the world WHILE the pandemic is making many of us fully appreciate the beauty of the natural world, with people turning to the Moors and Dales for solace, Anne Press has dedicated her whole life to working with the environment. Botanist Anne, who lives in Ingleby Greenhow, is a contributor to the inspirational booklet Overcoming the Odds, published at the end of last year by Middlesbrough Soroptimists, which explores and celebrates the contribution women scientists have made to expanding knowledge in a range of scientific fields.
Queen under pressure to abandon grouse shooting on Royal estates
Environmental groups say grouse shooting encourages damaging environmental practices
6 February 2021 • 5:00pm
The Queen owns grouse moors on her Whitewell Estate in the Forest of Bowland and on the North York Moors
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The Queen is under pressure to turn her back on grouses shooting across the Royal estates amid growing concern over its impact on the environment.
The Queen owns grouse moors on her Whitewell Estate in the Forest of Bowland and on the North York Moors, including Goathland Estate, via her Duchy of Lancaster.
Environmental groups say grouse shooting encourages damaging practices, including the burning of carbon-storing peatlands, and threatens wildlife and biodiversity.
AN artist is being sought to create work reflecting the importance of the North York Moors dark skies and the negative impact of artificial light pollution. The North York Moors National Park is seeking an innovative UK artist to produce a body of work highlighting the importance of dark skies as well as the detrimental effect of light pollution on the natural world as well as humans’ wellbeing. The National Park’s Inspired by gallery at Danby is offering the funded ten-month commission, which will culminate in an exhibition of the artist’s work during the 2022 Dark Skies Festival. The North York Moors National Park has long championed art as an important way of conveying aspects of the natural world and now, with its newly designated International Dark Sky Reserve status, it is keen to engage the creativity and inspiration of artists to draw attention to the night skies.
The Milky Way above Helmsley by Steve Bell A NATIONAL Park in North Yorkshire has a special commission for an artist. The North York Moors National Park is seeking a UK artist to produce a body of work that reflects the importance of our dark skies and the negative impact of artificial light pollution on the natural world as well as humans’ own wellbeing. The National Park’s Inspired by… gallery at Danby is offering the funded 10-month commission, which will culminate in an exhibition of the artist’s work during the 2022 Dark Skies Festival. The North York Moors National Park has long championed art as an important way of conveying aspects of the natural world and now, with its newly designated International Dark Sky Reserve status, it is keen to engage the creativity and inspiration of artists to draw attention to the night skies.
Nature at Night is the theme for this year’s Dark Skies Festival across Yorkshire’s national parks, where the heavens above will leave you awestruck and mindful. THE Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks’ newly awarded International Dark Sky Reserve status warrants a celestial celebration during February’s festival, not least because many people have taken to walking under the night skies to help boost their wellbeing. The whisper of crisp air on your face. The smell of damp earth. A rustle in the undergrowth. Even if we notice these happenings whilst walking during the day, it is more likely to be part of a fleeting thought process, whereas at night each sound, smell or touch seems to take on a much sharper focus.