Craven Conservation Grouprecording a circle of fungi
Craven Conservation Group (CCG) is a community-orientated association with members spread throughout the Craven District. It is open to all adults (and accompanying children). Individual members provide many skills, from enthusiasm and a willingness to learn, to expertise in habitat surveying and specialist interests in specific natural history areas.
What are the aims of the group?
to collect information about local wildlife habitats and plant and animal species, and to share that information with other interested parties
To identify wildlife areas of value to local communities and to assist in their long term conservation
To encourage public interest and concern for our local wildlife and landscape through a range of educational and social activities
To engage in activities aimed at protecting the natural environment
What are the group's achievements?
During the ten years of the Nature in the Dales BAP the CCG has worked alongside Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Natural England (NE), Plantlife, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA), giving assistance varying from specialised surveying and monitoring, to general maintenance work. Our achievements include:
Assisting the YDNPA in establishing and monitoring two new Local Nature Reserves at Cleatop Park and Langcliffe & Attermire Scars including detailed recording of the National BAP species Polystichum lonchitis (Holly-fern).
Monitoring key plants including BAP species at the Hoffmann Kiln, Ribblesdale
Maintenance and species recording in Lord’s Wood and Pasture, Giggleswick with NE
Tree planting and maintenance of new woodlands
Recording moths and butterflies for Butterfly Conservation, including monitoring BAP species such as Northern Brown Argus
Collecting botanical records in the Craven area for the Plant Atlas of Mid-West Yorkshire (VC64) published 2005
Promoting understanding through a programme of winter lectures, and a variety of evening and day walks, covering subjects as diverse as ferns, birds, mosses, snails, fungi, and flowers. Habitats visited include woodlands, local fells, and valley wetlands. More specialised training courses are also undertaken.
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