Partnership plans
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| Bats |
Our objectives for Bats are:
To ensure the maintenance of the full range of species at natural population levels within the District.
To improve the habitats available to bats.
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| Black Grouse |
Our objective for Black grouse is:
To support the UK BAP, the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project and the Yorkshire Dales conservation effort by increasing its geographical range within the District through land management.
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| Curlew |
Our objective for Curlew is:
To maintain the range and population of Curlew in the District.
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| Development guidance note |
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| Farmland guidance note |
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| Fen |
Our objective for Fen is:
To increase the Fen resource through habitat creation, while maintaining all sites in a favourable ecological condition.
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| Floodplain grassland |
Our Objectives for Floodplain grassland are:
Maintain the extent and quality of remaining remnants of Floodplain grazing marsh.
Double the existing resource of Floodplain grazing marsh, for the benefit of birds in particular.
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| Flowing Water |
Our objective for Flowing water is:
Maintain and enhance the biological diversity of rivers and streams in Richmondshire |
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| Gardens guidance note |
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| Lowland Wood Pasture and Parkland |
Our objectives for Lowland wood pasture, parkland and veteran trees are:
Ensure positive management of all key sites, to include wildlife as well as landscape and historic interest.
Increase the area of Lowland wood pasture in the long term, by reinstating the habitat on sites where it occurred historically.
Ensure the continuity of ancient trees and retain veteran trees wherever they occur.
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| Moorland Edge |
Our objectives for Moorland edge are:
Retain or restore as appropriate, the full diversity and extent of semi natural habitats typically found between the ‘high moor’ and enclosed improved grasslands.
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| Non-native problem species guidance note |
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| Otter |
Our objective for the Otter is:
A stable breeding Otter populations present at carrying capacity, throughout all rivers and tributaries in Richmondshire District.
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| Reedbed |
Our objectives for Reedbed are:
To establish and manage a number of small to medium sized Reedbeds in the long term.
To allow a proportion of new Reedbeds to succeed to Wet woodland over time.
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| Species-rich Grassland |
Our objectives for Species-rich grassland are:
All remaining examples to be under conservation management, leading to a status of favourable wildlife condition.
Doubling of the resource through restoration and re-creation. |
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| Standing Water |
Our objective for Standing water is:
Increase the range and extent of water bodies and manage them and their adjacent habitat for the benefit of wildlife.
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| Upland Calcareous grassland |
Our objective for Upland calcareous grassland is:
To secure the favourable wildlife status of the current resource, through site designation and land management agreements.
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| Upland Hay Meadow |
Our objectives for Upland hay meadow are:
No loss of existing resource.
Enhancement of all degraded Upland hay meadows, so that whole resource is in favourable wildlife management.
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| Upland Heathland and Blanket Bog |
Our Objectives for Upland Heathland and Blanket Bog are:
To undertake conservation management of Upland heathland and Blanket bog in Richmondshire.
To undertake restoration of Upland heathland which is not in favourable wildlife condition.
To establish viable populations of all of the associated species.
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| Water Vole |
Our objectives for Water Vole are:
To identify remaining Water vole populations in Richmondshire District.
To contribute to the UK BAP by increasing the number of Water vole populations, to every site where habitat is suitable, through habitat work and possibly re-introductions.
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| Woodland |
Our objectives for Woodland are:
to protect the ancient woodland resource
to restore degraded ancient woodland sites and increase the number under favourable management
to increase the amount of woodland in the district with new planting
to promote the value of woods for nature consrvation |
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