Nature in the Dales is the website of the Yorkshire Dales Biodiversity Forum, hosted and developed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
Our Vision
The Yorkshire Dales Biodiversity Forum’s vision is ‘To promote biodiversity conservation in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and to encourage greater understanding and involvement of people in looking after their natural environment.’
What we do
The Forum meets quarterly, shares information and collaborates to support and coordinate biodiversity conservation within the National Park, for example providing advice and expertise to develop objectives for the National Park Management Plan.
Our members
The Forum has members representing a wide range of organisations and individuals who work and have an interest in biodiversity conservation in the area.
Catherine Mercer
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
Chris Alder
Upper Wharfedale Field Society
Chris Jones
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Deborah Millward
Yoredale Natural History Society
Fran Graham
National Trust
Geoff Garrett
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Gordon Haycock
Wharfedale Naturalists
Graham Jackson-Pitt
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Helen Keep
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Ian McPherson
YDNPA Member Champion Natural Environment
Jack Hirst
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
John Lamb
Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Kathryn Lillistone
Environment Agency
Matthew Snelling
Yorkshire Peat Partnership
Peter Welsh
Independent Rep
(Forum Chair)
Pippa Merricks
Natural England
Tony Serjeant
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Contact us
For more information please contact the Forum Secretariat at wildlifeconservation@yorkshiredales.org.uk.