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Mark Firth: The Fragile Beauty of Our Chalkstreams is Under Threat [6 min listen]
Manage episode 430643464 series 3550824
Decades of mismanagement and poor policy has left our rare and precious chalkstream environments in a perilous state
Two rare environments are close to my heart – Heather Moorland and Chalkstreams. Both are almost unique on a global scale and thus massively important.
You might think these are two very different environments; well, yes, they are – but there are many similarities. They are also supremely delicate; lack of management or the wrong sort can lead to damage taking a decade or more to repair.
I’ve been involved with grouse moors all my life – and have managed a famous stretch of the Middle Test for more than 40 years; this makes me a very old fart who’s experienced perhaps the most fundamental decades for both.
21 episodes
Manage episode 430643464 series 3550824
Decades of mismanagement and poor policy has left our rare and precious chalkstream environments in a perilous state
Two rare environments are close to my heart – Heather Moorland and Chalkstreams. Both are almost unique on a global scale and thus massively important.
You might think these are two very different environments; well, yes, they are – but there are many similarities. They are also supremely delicate; lack of management or the wrong sort can lead to damage taking a decade or more to repair.
I’ve been involved with grouse moors all my life – and have managed a famous stretch of the Middle Test for more than 40 years; this makes me a very old fart who’s experienced perhaps the most fundamental decades for both.
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