Beavers released in Glen Affric
A family of five beavers and a beaver pair have been released at two sites on Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve in the northwest Highlands.
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Nature coalition delivers letter calling on Westminster Government to restore river corridors, with support from cross-party MPs
The Riverscapes Partnership, comprising of The Rivers Trust, National Trust, the Woodland Trust and Beaver Trust, has today delivered a letter to the Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street, signed by supportive MPs.
Welsh Government announces legal protection for beavers in Wales
Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, announced yesterday plans to ensure beavers are recognised as a native species in Wales and legally protected from deliberate harm to them or their habitats, giving beavers the same legal protection afforded to other European Protected Species.
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Communities invited to discuss potential return of beavers to Loch Ness area
A community discussion looking at the potential for beaver reintroduction to the Loch Ness area is being run by Trees for Life in partnership with Beaver Trust during September and October.
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Nature coalition calls for nationwide network of river corridors
Offering farmers and landowners cash incentives to create river corridors would protect against flood and drought, improve river health and boost biodiversity.
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Beaver population to grow at Trossachs site
Loch Ard Forest is set to become home to an additional pair of beavers. Working with the Beaver Trust, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) released the pair into a small lochan with good areas of wet woodland around the edge of the water and where there are currently no beavers present. The FLS managed site
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Beavers return to the Shropshire Hills in landmark river restoration project
Severn Rivers Trust, in collaboration with landowner Trevor Wheeler, the Environment Agency, Shropshire Wildlife Trust and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape Team, release a pair of beavers into a new enclosure in the Shropshire Hills, helping to restore natural processes in this precious upland landscape. Severn Rivers Trust, with input from key partners and the
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Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England
Going wild! Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England In a landmark event for nature conservation, the National Trust has legally released the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers to live in the wild in Purbeck, Dorset. This historic moment follows a groundbreaking policy announcement by Defra and
Beaver Trust response to UK Government’s statement on wild release licensing in England
Today, three years after consulting on their approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England, we welcome the news that the Government will be setting out their plans to return wild-living beavers to English waterways.
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Beavers return to Northamptonshire after 400 years
After months of careful planning and preparation, a family of eight beavers have been released at the Nene Wetlands in Northamptonshire. They are now exploring their new home at Delta Pit lake next door to the popular Rushden Lakes shopping centre.
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