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Typical view of the Blackdown Hills.

Green Recovery grant for Somerset’s AONBs

Somerset’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are to receive a grant of £248,900 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund...
A roadmap to creating a net-zero Devon, where people and nature thrive

Devon Carbon Plan consultation

Climate change is already having an impact on our landscape, wildlife and communities and it will continue to do so...
Wellington Monument covered with scaffolding, with a tall crane beside it lifting the large capstone into place

Monument memories, old and new

Work on the Wellington Monument has been progressing well and the restoration is still on track to finish at the...
A wide landscape with a patchwork of fields and hedgerows and hills in the background

New chair and vice chairs for Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Bruce Payne as the new chair of the Blackdown Hills Area of...
A man holding a small child as they smile and the wind blows through their hair.

Reflections on the Nature and Wellbeing project

As our Nature and Wellbeing project comes to a close, Kristen Lambert takes a look back at some of the...
A hand holding a white-clawed crayfish with the river in the background.

Taking care of our white-clawed crayfish

Nicky Green  has been working with crayfish in Devon and Somerset for almost twenty years. Her interest has grown over...
Farmers doing soil tests for earthworm activity. Photo: Gavin Saunders

A problem shared…

Gavin Saunders explores the challenges of farming on the Blackdown Hills and describes how the Blackdown Hills Farming and Woodland...
Volunteers measure out the site and start to remove topsoil

Roman ironworking site discovered at Dunkeswell Abbey

A key part of our Discovering Dunkeswell Abbey project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was a community archaeology...
Culmstock bridge

Help create a better future for the River Culm

Do you live or work close to the River Culm? Are you a regular visitor? We would love you to...
Bruce Payne holding a crayfish

A day in the life of an amateur crayfish surveyor

Bruce Payne shares the delights of crayfish surveying