On a sunny October Friday the ARCO Sector Sales Team converged on sleepy Thorswood Nature Reserve to rebuilt a recently collapsed dry stone wall. The team, from as far afield as County Durham and Kent met for a business meeting in Leek on the Thursday.
Severn Trent Water has shown its commitment to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscape in the Churnet Valley with an £85,000 donation.
Applications for environmental land management funding are in full swing, following the launch of the main components of the Countryside Stewardship scheme this month. The government scheme pays landowners and land managers to carry out projects that help the environment.
Come and learn the unique skill of building a herringbone dry stone wall in the beautiful Churnet Valley!
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership (CVLLP) is asking for your help again over the summer to tackle the Himalayan Balsam. You can either help by removing the plants whilst out walking or come along and join one of the partners’ work parties.
On Monday the 6th July (mid-winter) Bob Hockenhull and a cameraman from BBC Midlands Today came to film in the Churnet Valley.
A really successful Landowners’ Get-together was held at Lower Lady Meadows Farm, Bradnop, hosted by kind permission of owners Tracey & John.
Churnet Valley Railway’s supporting body the “North Staffordshire Railway Company (Ltd) 1978” have kindly provided an update to show the amount of work that has been completed so far in 2015.
The Churnet Valley has a rich and fascinating history; from post glacial outwash streams and lakes to post-war (WWII) forestry expansion, the story is there for those who can read it. Not least amongst these stories is the creation of our diverse dry stone walls.
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape supported by Heritage Lottery funding project is turing to film, social media and smart phones to bring to life the stories behind the food producers of the beautiful Churnet Valley through the innovative farmers on film #onyourdoorstep web series.
