Developing Farming Nature Recovery Networks – locally and across the county

Notts Wildlife Trust obtained £180k funding from Severn Trent Water  for a three year project to promote wildlife friendly farming in Notts, in particular creating improved linkages between prexisting wildlife sites. Four areas are being targeted around the Idle Valley Nature Reserve and the Erewash Valley and in Rushcliffe itself the Smite catchment, covering the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme Area at the southern tip of Rushcliffe (where we already have had substantial farmer contacts) and also the Cotgrave Forest Focal Area. The project officer is now in place.