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CLA puts landowners on Squirrel Alert The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is urging landowners in the north east to step up activity to help save the native red squirrel, a species that is in danger of becoming extinct on mainland Britain within a generation.The CLA is working with the North of England Red Squirrel Conservation Project 'Red Alert' to preserve and encourage red squirrel populations in the North of England. The initial foundations of the collective initiative have been laid by Northumberland Wildlife trust, Cumbria Wildlife trust and the Forestry Commission, with a common goal to sustain viable populations of red squirrels. The project is concentrating on 20 designated sites across the North of England, and will require collaboration between various bodies, not least of which are the Land owners and woodland managers. CLA Assistant Regional Director James Bush says: "If our children are to have a chance of seeing red squirrels in their native habitat, then we must act now. Already greys are making rapid inroads in to the woodlands of the north east, and I would encourage landowners to help give the reds a fighting chance. There are many ways people can help, whether by simply reporting sightings, providing supplementary feeders or by actively managing the grey population through control and strategic planting ." Landowner are encouraged to obtain further information on the project by contacting Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Garden House, St Nicholas Park, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT. Tel: 0191 2846884 email mail@northwt.org.uk For further information contact : James Bush, North East Assistant Regional Director on 01325 718568 or Mobile 07879 014062 7 April, 2004 |
Contact Douglas Chalmers
Douglas is from an Aberdeenshire farming family and trained as an animal nutritionist after graduating from the University of Aberdeen. He held technical and management positions in the agricultural supply industry for 20 years prior to joining the CLA in 2001 as North West Regional Director. He is a Governor of Myerscough College and a member of Cumbria Local Access Forum. He was previously Chairman of Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Local Action Group and Vice Chairman of the North West Rural Affairs Forum. Douglas and his wife own a small farm near Appleby-in-Westmorland keeping Herdwick sheep and free-range poultry, and where he has helped his wife to form Learning Fields, a Community Interest Company and care farming enterprise offering educational and environmental activities. He is also a member of Eden Time Bank. T: 01748 907070 F: 01748 907075 douglas.chalmers@cla.org.uk Media Contacts Ollie Wilson T: 020 7460 7936
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