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Apply for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge!
Friday 11th April, 2014
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge Scholarship is a unique opportunity for prospective British students wishing to pursue a 'green themed' postgraduate degree at the Open University. The competition is seeking submissions from aspiring inventors and innovators who have a big idea that could make a sizeable contribution towards cutting carbon emissions.
Last call for photography competition
Thursday 3rd April, 2014
There’s still enough time to enter the North East Wildlife Photography Competition 2014 which has attracted a line-up of impressive judges including Ross Hutchinson ITV Weatherman, Sam Lee, folk singer and keen wildlife photographer and Tony Henderson, The Journal’s Environment Editor.
Government must save remaining wildlife-rich grasslands and help farmers halt ‘catastrophic’ decline
Tuesday 1st April, 2014
A dramatic decline in the UK’s remaining wildlife-rich grasslands has been highlighted by The Wildlife Trust movement, with reports collated across the country telling a story of devastating losses.
Drop it Now!
Tuesday 25th March, 2014
TB’s the problem NOT badgers, says conservation chief
Kielder’s water voles win Heritage Lottery Fund support
Tuesday 25th March, 2014
A partnership of Tyne Rivers Trust, the Forestry Commission and Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have received a grant of over £40,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project about the heritage of water voles in Kielder Forest.
Osprey Watch is back for fifth year
Wednesday 19th March, 2014
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is seeking volunteers to help with the fifth Kielder Osprey Watch at Leaplish Waterside Park, Kielder this summer.
MPs vote en-masse to drop the cull
Friday 14th March, 2014
MPs have overwhelmingly backed a motion calling on the Government to drop culling and instead vaccinate badgers.
The new ERIC North East wildlife recording portal has gone live!
Wednesday 12th March, 2014
We hope this new system will allow you to log your wildlife sightings quickly and easily, and you can now upload a photograph of your sighting too.
Are we fit to frack?
Wednesday 12th March, 2014
Poorly regulated fracking risks harming threatened species and polluting our waterways, according to a report produced by the UK’s leading wildlife and countryside groups.
Reserve bought for princely sum of £1.00!
Thursday 6th March, 2014
Rio Tinto Alcan has passed a piece of land in Northumberland to Northumberland Wildlife Trust, for the princely sum of £1.00.