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EuCAN is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working in the UK and other countries of Europe to involve more people and communities in the conservation management of their local environment, by providing training and practical experience for young graduates, potential volunteers and contractors and therapeutic groups, in nature conservation and in sustainable land management.
South Chard Gravel pits - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
South Chard Gravel pits - nr Chard
We are aiming to finish the brushcutting on the open areas that we worked on in November and December, and undertake some tree work to reduce the birch and willow trees that are shading the open grassland areas.
Read more >Sherborne Terraces SNCI - brushcutting and removing biomass - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Sherborne Terraces SNCI
We shall be cutting more of the upper Terraces area and removing the biomass
Read more >Woodland glade maintenance at Monmouth Hill, Milton Abbas - volunteer workday.
Monmouth Hill near Milton Abbas
This had been an open grassland area for hundreds of years but had become scrubbed over and the grass very rank.
Read more >Scrub control at Bottomcombe Quarry, Easton, Portland
Portland - Bottomcombe Quarry, Easton
We shall be working today to control bramble and clematis scrub in the field on the eastern side of the tramline/footpath.
Read more >Habitat management at Hardington Moor NNR - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Hardington Moor National Nature Reserve nr West Coker
The EuCAN Somerset Volunteers group will be working at Hardington Moor on at least three occasions this autumn and the coming winter.
Read more >Lankham Bottom Butterfly Reserve - scrub cutting
Lankham Bottom near Cattistock
Today the local volunteers will be joining the Dorset Countryside Volunteers for a day at Lankham Bottom, continuing our task of reducing the bramble and thorn scrub on the reserve
Read more >Milborne Port - bramble and thorn scrub management at East Hill
East Hill, east of Milborne Port
East Hill is a fabulously biodiverse stretch of land above Milborne Port with some rare butterfly species, but it is being rapidly encroached by bramble, gorse and thorn. Last season's pony grazing hugely improved the condition of the habitat.
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