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Thread: As our £1.1 million 3 year #SMS project has drawn to a close, today we celebrate our actions on the ground that have improved, enhanced & supported the natural resources of the #blackmountains
We have restored, rewetted & re-vegetated over 60ha of peatland in the #blackmountainshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Restored over 3000 metres of footpaths creating greater access & further protecting our natural resourceshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Delivered heather management works to improve #upland habitats & ecosystems" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen"> We have restored, rewetted & re-vegetated over 60ha of peatland in the #blackmountainshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Restored over 3000 metres of footpaths creating greater access & further protecting our natural resourceshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Delivered heather management works to improve #upland habitats & ecosystems" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
We have undertaken over 320ha of bracken management works improving habitats & access for visitors, graziers & livestockhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Commissioned a ground-breaking bracken ground truthing model for the entire area" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">We have undertaken over 320ha of bracken management works improving habitats & access for visitors, graziers & livestockhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Commissioned a ground-breaking bracken ground truthing model for the entire area">
We have undertaken over 320ha of bracken management works improving habitats & access for visitors, graziers & livestockhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Commissioned a ground-breaking bracken ground truthing model for the entire area" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">We have undertaken over 320ha of bracken management works improving habitats & access for visitors, graziers & livestockhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Commissioned a ground-breaking bracken ground truthing model for the entire area">
Undertaken vital monitoring & surveys of the #blackmountains & its natural resources alongside studying land use, land access & land management approaches" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Undertaken vital monitoring & surveys of the #blackmountains & its natural resources alongside studying land use, land access & land management approaches" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Developed a pioneering #paymentforecosystemsservices study which will help shape future policy & crucially explores how #pes could work in the #uplands and on a landscape scale
Partners & partner organisations have collectively contributed in excess of £250,000 to help make all this happen. This reflects the commitment & shared aspiration of everyone to make a difference and look after the amazing, incredible landscape that is the #blackmountains" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen">Partners & partner organisations have collectively contributed in excess of £250,000 to help make all this happen. This reflects the commitment & shared aspiration of everyone to make a difference and look after the amazing, incredible landscape that is the #blackmountains" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
