A distinctive, living, working, cultural landscape that tells the ongoing story of people interacting with their environment
4.1 Support farmers and land managers to maintain and improve the outstanding landscape, geology, wildlife and heritage of the National Park, so that at least 80% of land managers have adopted nature-friendly farming or land management on at least 15% of their land by 2030.
4.2 Maintain the National Park as a place where a true sense of tranquillity and remoteness can still be found, including taking action to retain international ‘Dark Sky Reserve’ status.
4.3 Help local people to record, restore, repair and – where possible – bring back into use historical sites, buildings and features, including ensuring that no more than 12 nationally designated heritage assets are at risk by 2030.
4.4 Support farmers and landowners to conserve and enhance the distinctive landscape of field barns and drystone walls, so that at least one of the Barns and Walls Conservation Areas (Swaledale & Arkengarthdale and Littondale) is no longer at risk.
4.5 Support farmers and landowners to enhance the Dales’ landscape, and support nature, climate and farming resilience, including planting field trees to mitigate the impact of ash dieback on tree cover outside woodlands, , and creating or restoring 60 km of hedgerows by 2030 (from 2022 baseline).
4.6 Continue to reduce the visual impacts of intrusive infrastructure and equipment, including putting a further 15km of overhead power lines underground by 2028.