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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 Local Nature Reserve
We have been helping with the management work there for the last few years working with the local volunteers and the aggregates company (which has just finished digging out the last of the gravel from other areas of the site). We will need registered chainsaw and brushcutter operators in addition to handtool users and haulers.
Read more >Habitat management at Hardington Moor NNR - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Hardington Moor NNR
We are going to finish cutting the areas of blackthorn in area 2 on the map and burn up. We shall also continue with the scrub cutting on the western boundary of that same field and burn up
Read more >Woodland glade maintenance at Monmouth Hill, Milton Abbas Butterfly Conservation Dorset branch volunteer workday.
Monmouth Hill above Milton Abbas
We have been invited by Forestry England to do some butterfly recording next season on Monmouth Hill (also called Melmoth's Hill). This has been an open grassland area for hundreds of years but is becoming scrubbed over and the grass is becoming rank.
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