Group to protect countryside
Friday 9th November 2007, 11:40AM GMT.
A new group dedicated to protecting the countryside around a Shropshire landmark will be launched next month.
The Wrekin Forest Partnership will bring together councils, landowners, conservationists, user groups and the public.
Its aim is to ensure there is co-operation to ensure the area and its surroundings retain their special character and offer visitors a friendly welcome.
The partnership will be launched at a public meeting at Little Wenlock Village Hall on December 3, from 7-9pm.
The meeting, hosted by the All Friends Round the Wrekin, will also see the presentation of the Wrekin Forest Conservation Plan.
It follows more than a year of work by Pete Lambert, Wrekin Forest project officer for Shropshire Wildlife Trust, which owns the old Forest Glen site and acts as a go-between for the various landowners, councils and the public.
Mr Lambert said agreement had now been reached to form a partnership. One of the first tasks of the partnership will be to oversee completion of the project to improve visitor facilities around the Forest Glen.
This could involve a low-key visitor centre, cafe and toilets on the site of the closed and derelict toilet block at the entrance of the hill.
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why not use the unemployed make them work for 2 days for the benefits , also why not use prison labour as in the southern states of the usa? .oh yes it may not be pc
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great news if it means not building more houses all over our beautiful countryside,plus top marks to no.1 andrew finch get the lazy doler’s off there backsides and do some community work.
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