Friday 1 July 2011

Why We Got In This Mess

Some of us have found it to be frankly incredible that Blacka Moor could have been so badly managed. Nor have we been able to understand why people in the conservation industry could have deliberately thrust aside opportunities for public land to be allowed to become more natural and for wildlife to thrive unhindered. Why and how has this happened?

Many of the answers are to be found in Mark Fisher's latest compelling and disturbing article just published on his own website. This deals with national policies, misguided farming approaches and includes references to Blacka and other local moorland. Read it here.

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