SOURCE – urgently seeking landowners and volunteers

If you own land that could do with ecological restoration, though tree planting or moorland restoration – or you’d like to volunteer over the summer to carry out ecological surveys on Upper Calder Valley uplands or rivers,  the SOURCE  Open Evening on 16th July is for you.

Just turn up at Hebden Bridge Town Hall Terrace Room on Tuesday 16th July at 7 p.m for a free buffet, followed by presentations from all the SOURCE partner groups.  Treesponsibility, the Calder and Colne Rivers Trust, Calder Future, BlackBark and other organisations will be there with information about how landowners and volunteers can take part in the SOURCE project. The event will close at 9pm.

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Turn your hand to green wood work with Blackbark & friend

If you’d like to learn how to make useful things out of green wood, you’re in luck. There is a choice of short courses this summer in Hebden Bridge, run by Keith from Blackbark and his friend Julie.

Absolute beginners are welcome. So, what might you turn your hand to?
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