Haines Meadows grasslands management

This two-year project will follow on from our Project 84 and will allow the continued management of Haines Meadows to conserve and enhance the biodiversity value of our grasslands. The project will include funds towards the running costs of VLHT’s tractors, mowers and other machines as well as our Land Rover essential for the management of our grasslands. It will fund the purchase of a BCS pedestrian mower. 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 scrub into the grasslands. The Project will also fund the management of our other LCF funded grasslands linked by the river Avon valley as in Project 84. The project will ensure we will continue to conserve these vitally important wildlife corridors and stepping stones through an otherwise intensively managed farmed landscape