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Shoots – our unsung hedgerow heroes
BASC’s Dr Conor O’Gorman highlights the role of shoots in the campaign to increase Britain’s hedgerow network by 40% by 2050.
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BASC awards GWCT grant to help in the fight for shooting
BASC awards £300k package to GWCT to fund sustainability research
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Audrey Watson, BASC’s Green Shoots Wales officer, outlines a project to increase dormice numbers
CHECKS of nest boxes in a private woodland in Denbighshire, North Wales, have produced some good news in the form of the highest number of dormice found in the wood since 2012. Nationally, dormice populations have been fluctuating, with a downward overall trend. They are already extinct in some areas, Read more…
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Green Shoots Mapping puts members on path to success
BASC gives away two pairs of Bauer binoculars in a draw of members using online resource.
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Sea trout spawning grounds in North Wales protected by local shoot
Work to improve and protect riverbanks and vegetation on sea trout spawning grounds has been carried out by a local shoot on the Llyn Peninsula in Wales through BASC’s Green Shoots conservation programme, supported by Natural Resources Wales.
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BASC sees Green Shoots grow in the Welsh Assembly
An example of the benefits which shooting brings to conservation has been recognised by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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Be clear on plastic bags
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is calling for transparency on proposed plastic bag charges in England. BASC has called for money raised from the sale of plastic bags to be spent on landscape-scale conservation projects and for the way the money is spent to be clear for Read more…
BASC Northern Ireland
Shooters can help halt biodiversity loss by 2020 in Northern Ireland
BASC is reviewing strategic targets proposed by government to help halt biodiversity loss in Northern Ireland.
BASC Central
BASC responds to English CAP consultation
BASC’s response to a Defra consultation has put shooting and conservation on the agenda in discussions about how the subsidies for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will be spent in England.
