Tag Archives: Dartmoor

Dartmoor’s Blanket Bogs

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Miles King

Reading Tony Whitehead’s piece in West Country Voices today, exploring some of the realities behind the outpouring of protest from the farming industry; and lurid claims that Natural England has a secret (and no doubt cunning) plan to “rewild” Dartmoor, … Continue reading →

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The strange case of the missing 10,000ha of Dartmoor Training Area SSSI

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Miles King

A couple of weeks ago, the Government released a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in public hands, in response to a question from Caroline Lucas. The list indicated that over 70,000ha of Defence owned land was SSSI. That’s … Continue reading →

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