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Farm buildings are iconic features of landscape
12:19pm Friday 19th March 2010
THE countryside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is full of pointers to bygone days when our ancestors worked the land to survive.
Walking back to happiness – it’s good for you
11:22am Friday 5th March 2010
FOR many people, walking is something that is taken for granted; it is simply a way of getting from A to B.
It’s all systems Go! for action and adventure
12:53pm Friday 19th February 2010
GO DALES! emerged from the growing evidence that younger, independent visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National Park were in a minority. A couple of visitor surveys over the past five years showed that our “usual”
On the hunt for bright, sustainable new ideas
11:52am Friday 5th February 2010
IN THE mists of the coldest winter for 30 years, some of you may be wondering whether the fuss about global warming has been exaggerated. Irrespective of your views, there is no denying that the way we live is placing an increasing burden on the planet.
A day in the life of a trees and woodlands officer
11:58am Friday 22nd January 2010
IT’S a Monday morning and I’m off to visit a farmer in Wensleydale who has seen some publicity from the national park authority and would like help planting a new woodland.
A universal passion for our jewels in the crown
9:23am Thursday 24th December 2009
THE North York Moors National Park is just one of thousands of protected landscapes around the world.
Your part to play in keeping up appearances
11:35am Friday 11th December 2009
By Rae Lonsdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority volunteers co-ordinator.
Unearthing the Iron Age in our National Parks
11:45am Friday 27th November 2009
A CHANCE to undertake an archaeological excavation is not one which is often presented but, during September, we searched for clues at Boltby Scar Iron Age hillfort, built where a high point of the escarpment edge juts out to the west, two miles north of Sutton Bank.
Help the environment and plant a tree today
1:53pm Friday 13th November 2009
AN OLD Chinese proverb says: “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”
Ancient trees are a living part of our heritage
12:19pm Friday 30th October 2009
WE ARE perhaps better known for our wide open moorland landscapes, but with more than a fifth of the National Park wooded, autumn is always a wonderful time to be out and about in the North York Moors.
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