Haines Meadows grassland management

This two-year project will allow the continued management of Haines Meadows to conserve and enhance the biodiversity value of this grassland site. The project will run VLHT’s tractor essential for the management of our grasslands, it will fund hay making and will purchase seed or green hay to increase floral diversity in the grasslands. The project will include some staff time for tractor use and to manage volunteers. Hedge cutting operations at appropriate times of year are important to prevent excessive encroachment of the grasslands. The Project will also fund the management of our other LCF funded grasslands linked by the river Avon valley as in Project 60. The project will ensure we will continue to conserve these vitally important wildlife corridors and stepping stones through an otherwise intensively managed farmed landscape.