Dartmoor Preservation Association
Friends of Dartmoor
Dartmoor Lambing Live
Following a lead from the BBC and a successful event in 2011, Dartmoor farmer Bridget Cole is staging her own Lambing Live event.
From Monday 19th to Friday 23rd March she is inviting people to come and experience their sheep maternity ward in action between 6:00 and 8:00 each evening. Booking is essential and tickets are £4.00 per adult and £1.00 per child.
If you have any friends that would like to go along, please get them to call Bridget on 01822 853 563 or email the Coles on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Schools, groups and clubs are also welcome by pre-arrangement – likely to be specially scheduled for daytime rather than evening.
There will also be opportunities to meet other local farmers and talk about framing on Dartmoor.
You can follow the progress of this event by clicking on this link.
Photovoltaic Cells on Listed Buildings
In recent the months the list of planning application has been dominated by a flood of applications to install photovoltaic cells. Most applications relate to the roofs of houses, but some also relate to ground sited arrays of panels. NP policy encourages small scale installation of renewable energy projects subject to reasonable constraints eg landscape effects, impact on water environemnts, impact on local amenity and the "quality of the environment, including the historic built environment."
It's Official - "Wind Turbines Wasteful of Public Money"
Prime Minister David Cameron has today confirmed a cut in public subsidy for renewable energy generated from onshore wind turbines. And not before time !
Using his strongest ever criticism of green energy during Prime Minister's Questions, he suggested that too much taxpayer cash has been given to on-shore wind farms, which are now hugely profitable to developers through public subsidies such as Renewable Obligations Certificates and Feed In Tariffs.
Read more: It's Official - "Wind Turbines Wasteful of Public Money"
Dartmoor in 2041 - A New Vision
A recent independent report from Land Use Consultants uses photomontage techniques to illustrate the negative impacts of reducing livestock levels over the next 30 years. The report, commissioned by EBLEX, an organisation that exists to enhance to profitability and sustainability of beef and lamb farming in England, illustrates the likely visual impact over time on a number of English landscapes, including Dartmoor, arising from a reduction in livestock numbers.
