Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB

Special landscapes…for wildlife
The Dorset AONB has an amazing wealth of wildlife – a great place for local
people to explore and celebrate the wildlife they have on their patch and to
give it a helping hand too.
Young people learn woodland skills
The British Trust for Conservation
Volunteers set up a project to engage
young socially at risk and disadvantaged
people in environmental management.
Six practical sessions were organised at
Bracketts Coppice Nature Reserve, where
19 young people were taught about
managing woods for wildlife and
undertook coppicing work and installed
nest boxes for dormice.
Wildlife rich meadows on the National
Trust’s Golden Cap estate can be grazed
again now that the vital water supply has
been renewed.
The South Winterbournes project
researched into these internationally
important streams and how to restore
them.
A number of the young people went on
to join Millennium Volunteer scheme and
other training programmes, and members
from the Weymouth Foyer who attended
the coppicing sessions organised and ran
a presentation for other residents on the
benefits and enjoyment of volunteering.
Other wildlife projects we have supported
The Axe and Char Environmental
Sustainability Project works with farmers
and local communities to improve the
environmental quality of the rivers
through sensitive management of their
catchment areas.