Project handbook and Layman's report on the website
Published on 11/Apr/2011 Now that the project has come to an end, the final publications have been produced. A technica Read MoreLife Active Blanket Bog in Wales Conference
Published on 25/Mar/2011 The project conference took place on the 8th and 9th March at the Lake Vyrnwy Hotel. A day Read MoreLake Vyrnwy to Aberdeen
Published on 21/Mar/2011 The LIFE Project is in the home-straight as it will end on the 31st March 2011. From the ori Read MoreLIFE on Countryfile – again
Published on 21/Mar/2011 Four years ago, Michaela Strachan and the BBC Countryfile team visited Lake Vyrnwy to film t Read MoreStock safety
Published on 07/Mar/2011 Research carried out by the project has shown that drain blocking on blanket bog can benefit Read MoreLIFE and science
Published on 01/Mar/2011 The LIFE Project is working with the National Trust on the Ysbyty Ifan estate to block over Read MoreWalk and Talk Events
Published on 16/Feb/2011 An illustrated talk by Mike Morris on the Blanket Bog Project at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre f Read MoreLIFE on the Migneint
Published on 16/Feb/2011 The LIFE Blanket Bog Project has part funded ditch blocking on the National Trust land on the M Read MoreLIFE Project Conference
Published on 18/Jan/2011 The project is nearing its' end now and to review our work and that of others we are staging a proje Read MoreBlocking at Vyrnwy finished!
Published on 04/Jan/2011 The ditch blocking work at Lake Vyrnwy has finally been completed! R.G Evans and Sons have b Read MoreProject welcomes Welsh Assembly Government Officers
Published on 19/Oct/2009
On the 30 September WAG officers from Tir Gofal and the Department of Rural Affairs, visited the LIFE Active Blanket Bogs in Wales project. The day started in the Lake Vyrnwy Hotel with three speakers.
Mike Walker (RSPB Senior Warden at Lake Vyrnwy) gave a presentation on the work the RSPB have carried out and continue to carry out at Lake Vyrnwy, including the management work for Curlew, moorland management, and woodlands. In addition, Mike talked about the various organisations involved at Lake Vyrnwy and the need to work in partnership with them.
Mike Morris (LIFE Project Manager) gave a run down of the work the project has carried out at Lake Vyrnwy and on the Migneint. So far, the project has blocked 300 km of drains and restored 250 ha of afforested blanket bog. Many of the local primary schools have visited the project and this year we had a major role in the Natur ein Bro programme, run by CCW for the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol in Bala.
Debbie Coldwell (UKPopNet’ s Platforms Coordinator) gave a summary of what UKpopnet is, and the various research projects, which are currently taking place at Lake Vyrnwy. Their work is focussed on greenhouse gases and the role played by peat habitats in their release and capture.
After lunch, the group went out onto the moorland to look at some of the ditch blocking that has taken place and to discuss the machinery and techniques involved with carrying out the work. The discussion included how the project is dealing with local landowners and how it is encouraging them to become involved in this type of work. The day was rounded up with a discussion about the future with the eagerly awaited Agri-environment Scheme Glastir on the horizon. There was a lot of very positive feedback from the group helped by the fact that it wasn't raining.
