Meet the Nidderdale landowner who believes grouse moors have a vital role to play in conservation and fighting climate change
Submitting... The owners of estates like Middlesmoor have been held responsible for the persecution of protected birds of prey, the increase in flooding of urban areas and the release of additional carbon emissions. Their land holdings are the ancient peatlands we desperately need to preserve to combat climate change and they have been accused of worsening the environmental emergency in pursuit of profit and tradition. An oystercatcher on Middlesmoor Ben Ramsden, whose family have owned Middlesmoor since 1919, believes he and his peers have become scapegoats and that most sporting estates are...
Source: yorkshirepost.co.uk