Dartmoor Natural Environment Projects

Development phase of Heritage Lottery funded project to restore nature, protect heritage and support Dartmoor’s communities.
For more details visit the Dartmoor National Park website or contact Dartmoor’s Dynamic Landscapes Development Officer, Hannah Kingsbury, .

Working with landowners, farmers and commoners to slow and store water by funding capital works and advice on creating, enhancing, restoring, and maintaining habitats and structures.
For more details visit the Dartmoor National Park website or contact the project mailbox, .

The Dartmoor Hill Farm Project promotes the role agriculture plays on Dartmoor and delivers activities to support family farms and create resilient farm businesses.
For more details visit the Dartmoor Hill Farm Project website or contact the project mailbox, .

A Defra-funded Landscape Recovery Scheme pilot project which aims to secure alternative support for rural livelihoods, and to ensure nature’s future resilience and recovery.
For more details visit the Devon Wildlife Trust website or contact the East Dartmoor Landscape Recovery Area Development Officer, Nathan Robinson, .

Advocate for the River Dart and riverside communities to ensure long-term sustainable health for the river and improve community connection to nature.
For more details visit the Friends of the Dart website or contact the project mailbox, .

Delivering nature based benefits for the environment contributing towards overall raw water quality.
For more details visit the South West Lakes website or contact Dartmoor Biodiversity Officer, Morwenna Moore, .

Extension of South West Water’s existing catchment management programme (Upstream Thinking). This scheme operates across Dartmoor National Park and the Tavy catchment with additional work in the Tamar and Dart catchments. Delivered by Devon Wildlife Trust and Westcountry Rivers Trust.
For more details visit the South West Water website or contact Devon Wildlife Trust, and Westcountry Rivers Trust, .

A Dartmoor based community group of landowners, farmers and gardeners restoring and creating wildflower meadows across the National Park and beyond.
For more details visit the Moor Meadows website.

Engaging with land managers and other stakeholders in northern Devon to improve water quality, mitigate flood risk and increase biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
For more details visit the Devon Wildlife Trust website or contact Northern Devon Natural Solutions Project Manager, Ewan Wallis, .

PSDCF can fund new woodlands, low-density planting, hedgerows, orchards, and natural colonisation, including 10 years of maintenance payments, and additional payments for projects providing public benefit.
For more details visit the England's Community Forests website or contact the project mailbox, .

Under the DRIP project, Westcountry Rivers Trust are working with communities in several rapid response catchments to reduce the effects of flooding.
For more details visit the Westcountry Rivers Trust website or contact Rapid Response Catchment Project Officer and Dartmoor Catchments Lead, Helen Staddon, .

Network organisation promoting, connecting and supporting community groups in the River Avon catchment to achieve clean rivers and thriving wildlife.
For more details visit the River Champions - Avon website or contact the project mailbox, .

Network organisation promoting, connecting and supporting community groups in river catchments within South Hams to achieve clean rivers and thriving wildlife.
For more details visit the River Champions - South Devon website or contact the project mailbox, .

Four year Heritage Lottery Fund Project to restore Atlantic Salmon numbers in the Rivers Teign and Bovey.
For more details visit the River Teign Restoration Project website.

The South West Peatland Partnership is a collective of organisations working to restore, celebrate and positively shape the future of Exmoor, Dartmoor and Cornwall’s peatlands.
For more details visit the South West Peatland Partnership website or contact the project mailbox, .

SusSH connects local climate and nature action groups, supports them to develop their work and inspires them through events, resources and example projects.
For more details visit the Sustainable South Hams website or contact the project mailbox, .

Funded by South West Water, and delivered by Westcountry Rivers Trust and Devon Wildlife Trust, the project supports landowners and farmers in the delivery of improved water quality, increased infiltration and increased biodiversity. The project works across Dartmoor, but primarily in the Dart and Tavy catchments.
For more details visit the South West Water’s website or contact Westcountry Rivers Trust, and Devon Wildlife Trust, .

A catchment-wide project based on the River Erme. Its aim is to protect the Erme River from the harmful effects of pollution, and restore it back to its natural state.
For more details visit the Wild About The Erme River (WATER) website or contact the project mailbox, .

A catchment-wide project based on the River Yealm. Its aim is to link and restore habitats, remove obstructions so they join up and act as wildlife corridors.
For more details visit the Yealm Estuary to Moor website or contact the project mailbox, .