Dartmoor Vision

The Commoners Council and the National Park Authority have formed an alliance with Natural England, English Heritage, Defra, Defence Estates and the Environment Agency. It has agreed a ‘vision’ for the conservation of Dartmoor to 2030. The vision is enshrined in a map. All parties will work to an agreed framework of action to conserve and enhance the landscape. The vision is of an open but farmed landscape containing a mosaic of different types of vegetation and habitats, with fourteen Premier Archaeological Landscapes protected, and the vegetation managed by grazing livestock. Dartmoor’s blanket bog, which acts as a big sponge, will be managed to survive climate change as long as possible, thereby protecting water quality and quantity.

Dartmoor Commons

• Map
• Plant Cover
• Life and Traditions
• The Public Benefit
• Animals on the Moor
• Hefting or Learing
• Swaling
• Pony Drifts
• Clearance of Sheep
• The Future

The Council

• Organisation
• Functions and Duties
• Members
• Local Commoners' Associations
• Regulations
• History

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Dartmoor Commoners' Council, 6 Lockyer Mews, Paddons Row, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0HF
Tel: 01822 618892

July 2008
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