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Can you help with charity's summer event?

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for volunteers from the South Lakes area to help advertise and run an event in June. The Garden Bonanza is the Trust’s family fun day and is on Sunday 13 June. Willing volunteers are being asked to step forward to help distribute leaflets and posters and to set up, man stalls and then pack away on the day.

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Kendal Kingfishers are to build new homes for Wildlife Trust birds

Members of Kendal Kingfishers, the wildlife club for those aged between 7 and 12 years, are going to be making bird boxes at their next meeting on Tuesday 12 January. These bird boxes will then be put up at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Enid Maples Nature Reserve, in Kendal, to help encourage the local birds to breed over the coming spring and summer.

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What does Cumbria Wildlife Trust do?
We work hard to create and enhance wildlife havens

There are over 40 nature reserves in our care. They are refuges for threatened plants and animals and are unspoilt places that you can visit.

We stand up for wildlife and campaign on wildlife issues

By advising on organisations' policies and planning, we ensure wildlife has a strong voice.

We inspire young and old to discover the wonders of the natural world

By involving schools and local communities in our projects, we share our passion and knowledge of wildlife and pass on a greater understanding of nature and environmental issues.

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News
Opening Restriction at Nichols Moss Nature Reserve

As part of ongoing work to restore water levels and the original bog flora and fauna,
the removal of birch, pine and rhododendron scrub is being carried out at Nichols Moss Nature Reserve. The nature reserve will be closed until 1 April 2010 as operations pose a risk of injury to all visitors. Cumbria Wildlife Trust apologises for any inconvenience and recommends the adjacent Meathop Moss Nature Reserve as an alternative visit (click on the nature reserve name for further details of how to get to it). For further details and situation regarding reopening please contact 01539 816300.

 
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Protecting Wildlife for the Future

Registered in England as Cumbria Wildlife Trust Limited,
a Company Limited by Guarantee No. 724133.
Registered Charity No. 218711.

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