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Free smartphone app designed to help you get the most out of a visit to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

New plans for nature

Curlew, � Whitfield Benson.

The new local biodiversity action plan, Nature in the Dales: 2020 Vision, has now officially been launched. In conjunction with this we have also released the Trends and Status report, a summary of the progress of the previous LBAP.

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14 May 2012

Get weeding plea to protect young trees

Landowners are being urged to get weeding to ensure the survival of young trees in the Yorkshire Dales.....

8 May 2012

New round of grants for good ideas

New business ideas, community schemes and environmental projects in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are being given the chance to bid for a pot of cash.....

4 May 2012

New arrivals in Malham Cove

Conservation experts are waiting with bated breath to find out more about some new arrivals in Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park....

25 April 2012

Pictures in an exhibition

A new exhibition will be unveiled at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Yoredale offices in Bainbridge next week.....

25 April 2012

National Park Authority fixes it for students

Students have been given a crash course in dry stone walling to help repair damaged field boundaries in the Yorkshire Dales.....


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A cast iron piece of history

Cast iron drain cover

You have to look down at the ground rather than looking around to discover this piece of Dales history.

What are you doing this bank holiday?

Find something exciting to do this weekend in the National Park.

Photo Competition

Yourkshire Dales National Park: a snapshot photo competition

Your Yorkshire Dales National Park: a snapshot. We can’t wait to see the photos of what you think is so special about the Yorkshire Dales National Park and your ideas of what the National Park should look like in the future. The competition is open to young people and adults living anywhere in the world – your photo just has to be of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Raydale Project

Raydale

Raydale has an active farming community that contains knowledge stemming from generations of land management. As with all land in the UK there are pressures and conflicts for space that have resulted in a number of issues - the Raydale Project has been trying to address these.

Be a green visitor

Swinnergill

Wherever we go and whatever we do, we have an impact. Make a positive choice to reduce yours and help care for the Yorkshire Dales National Park.