Somerset Wildlife Trust is a
wildlife trust covering the county of
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England.
The trust, which was established in 1964, aims to safeguard the county's wildlife and wild places for this and
future generations
Future generations are cohorts of hypothetical people not yet born. Future generations are contrasted with current and past generations, and evoked in order to encourage thinking about intergenerational equity. The moral patienthood of future g ...
and manages almost 80
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological o ...
s. Examples include
Westhay Moor
Westhay Moor (sometimes, historically, referred to as West Hay Moor) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Westhay village and from Wedmore in Somerset, England, notified in 1971. Westhay Moor is also notified as ...
,
Long Wood and
Langford Heathfield. It has over 20,500 members and 500 volunteers.
The Somerset Wildlife Trust is part of the
Wildlife Trusts partnership of 46 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom.
In 2010 the organisation won a Biffa Award for their "Restoring Habitat for Dormice in Somerset" scheme.
In 2011 the Trust appealed for £100,000 from local residents and businesses to restore former peat diggings on the
Somerset Levels
The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.
The Somerset Levels have an area of about and are bisected by the Polden Hills; the areas to the south a ...
.
Nature reserves
The Nature reserves include:
(* = Reserves designated as Sites of Scientific Interest)
See also
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geologic ...
References
External links
Somerset Wildlife Trust website*
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Charities based in Somerset
Environment of Somerset
Wildlife Trusts of England
Organisations based in Taunton