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Gamekeeping students learn about muirburn with BASC Scotland
Students from Elmwood Campus have been learning about muirburn, the rotational burning of old heather, and other aspects of moorland management.
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BASC publishes online PR toolkit for shooting and conservation
A range of online information resources for people to use as a PR toolkit to highlight the value of shooting and its role in the UK has been published by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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Green Shoots Mapping review to boost shooting’s conservation credentials
More than 1,000 individuals and shoots are now using BASC’s interactive online Green Shoots Mapping system which allows people to make bespoke maps of their shooting grounds and to record species and habitat information which feeds into BASC’s Green Shoots Programme.
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BASC NI briefs Assembly Agriculture Committee chair on the benefits of shooting
The Value of Shooting to Northern Ireland’s economy, countryside and social well-being were highlighted to the chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture Committee
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BASC Scotland challenges airgun licensing report
A report supporting legislation to introduce airgun licensing in Scotland has been challenged by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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23 teams compete in BASC’s annual Gamekeeping College Clay Shoot
A team of student gamekeepers from Hartpury College in Gloucestershire saw off competition from 22 other teams from 11 colleges to win the BASC annual Gamekeeping College Clay Shoot. Second place went to a team from Newton Rigg in Cumbria. Hartpury’s winning team took home the Gamekeeping College Challenge Shield in the event organised by BASC and sponsored by Honda.
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Scotland’s trainee and professional gamekeepers brought together by BASC
Gamekeeping students from North Highland College, Elmwood Campus and Borders College joined professional gamekeepers at Scone Palace for one of the premier events for gamekeepers in Scotland.
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BASC helps secure five-year wildfowling consent on the Humber Estuary
A successful wildfowling agreement has been negotiated on the Humber Estuary for the Alkborough Wildfowlers and Conservationists’ club, working with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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First glimpse of new Browning guns at BASC Gamekeepers’ Fair 2015
Visitors to this year’s BASC Gamekeepers’ Fair will get the first glimpse of the latest additions to the 2015 range of Browning, Winchester and Miroku shotguns and rifles. The Gamekeepers’ Fair will be held on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of April at Catton Park, Walton on Trent, Derbyshire. Read more…
