Protecting Peak District & South Yorkshire landscapes since 1924

@cprepdsy We've had a young pigeon in the garden who can't fly well yet... yesterday it walked in the back door, past the dog, waited for front door to be opened, and walked out the front.. 🤣

Tomorrow marks the start of #PlasticFreeJuly2022

Will you be joining @PlasticFreeJuly with some of these simple steps?
🛒 #Reusable shopping bags
☕ Reusable coffee cups
📦 #Reuse packaging
🥨 Avoid food in #singleuseplastic
♻️ #Recycle!

#plasticfreejuly #climatechange

Even GPs are unhappy. @Ollie2Wheeler says "Affordable, accessible public transport is essential to people’s health and access to health care.
"It matters to people’s physical and mental health to be able to connect to the opportunities around them."

The 1954 Protection of Birds Act and the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act were precursors to EU Nature Directives. They were agreed cross-party. If, following Brexit, there’s going to be new legislation for nature then a cross party consensus should be sought @RichardHRBenyon

Day 29 #30DaysWild: square-stemmed figwort - much loved by wasps and soon to be covered in the figwort weevils which will be cleverly disguised as a bird droppings.

Should a UK-wide strategy for bracken control be developed? The aim would be to provide a framework to encourage longer-term investment in products, equipment, training and techniques. In the current situation, the only winner is bracken. More thoughts:
https://vallumvoice.blogspot.com/2022/06/asulam-for-bracken-control-2022.html

Last day to vote for your favourite #Volunteer of the Year nominee.

Who do you think deserves an extra special thank you for the work they do protect, care for and open up access to #NationalParks in England and Wales?

Voting takes 30 seconds here: https://bit.ly/3ylCnJz

#VolunteerOfTheYear @Campaign4Parks

One of the shortlisted volunteers is Chris Maloney @KoftheP who works tirelessly to bring communities together in the #PeakDistrict... we think Chris is deserving of your vote!

Find out more...
👉 https://bit.ly/cnp_vote2022

#PeakDistrictProud

I reckon I've cycled 30 miles around town on @CPRE business in the last 24 hrs. Parliament x2 - office - NT event - home - meeting in KX - office etc. Best, fastest, cleanest way to get around & build exercise into working day! @London_Cycling @WeAreCyclingUK @s_j_mitchell

This is creating a rural housing crisis @cpre believe these homes should require planning permission as part of solution but we also need to build more social housing…..Number of holiday-let homes in England up 40% in three years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61966359

Voting is now open for our Volunteer of the Year 2022! Read more about the incredible work of our five finalists who help care #NationalParks in England and Wales, and cast your vote now > https://www.cnp.org.uk/park-protector-awards-volunteer-vote-22 #ParkProtectorAwards #NationalPark

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