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Students triumph in field to fork competition
The winning students have been unveiled for Scotland’s Natural Larder ‘Field to Fork’ competition.
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Schoolboy’s new app boosts fight against poachers
TEENAGER Aaron Christiansen has created an app for reporting poaching as part of Project Poacher, a new national campaign to combat wildlife crime.
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Taste of game presented to environment secretary
A brace of pheasants was presented to the Defra Secretary of State, Elizabeth Truss MP, at the Houses of Parliament as part of Great British Game Week 2015.
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BASC letter to the Times: shooting’s conservation contribution
“Shooting’s contribution to conservation can sometimes be conveniently overlooked, but it is significant.”
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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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BASC’s Geri becomes British Air Pistol Champion
BASC’s Geri Buckley has been become British Air Pistol Champion 2015. Geri, who is BASC England’s North East regional officer, beat off stiff competition at the British Airgun Championships at Bisley. International pistol shooter Geri, won the Ladies (over 21) Air Pistol category in the National Small-bore Rifle Association’s competition. Read more…
BASC Scotland
Scottish general licences should not be changed until 2015
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is proposing to make changes to the Scottish general licenses that would take effect from 1st January 2014. BASC recommends that no changes be made until 2015 due to the lateness of the consultation and the poorly developed proposals therein. The consultation closes on 18th November and a decision may not be announced until 15th December.
BASC Central
Will CAP benefit shooting and conservation?
BASC will help put shooting and conservation on the agenda in discussions on how the subsidies for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will be spent across the UK. The implementation of CAP could provide direct financial support for shooting as an activity as well as indirectly through financing the creation of habitats.
