March 7, 2025
20 years ago, your tree dedications and donations supported the planting of 5,500 trees to create Pasture Wood, a new native wood overlooking the town of Grassington. The trees have grown to become a thriving young woodland, with stunning views across Wharfedale. Ongoing... View Article
August 17, 2023
Our Seed to Sapling project is helping to ensure we have the right trees to plant here in the Dales by supporting communities in the Dales to grow new trees from local provenance seed. Community tree growing schemes in the Dales... View Article
February 20, 2023
In 2021 we recruited our first woodland trainee at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust to help address the shortage of young people coming into the forestry sector. Now we’re helping new trainee Chloe follow her dream of becoming an arborist. As part... View Article
November 3, 2021
Thanks to support from the European Outdoor Conservation Association, our Plastic Free Woodlands project has already made significant progress in removing redundant plastic tree guards from the Yorkshire Dales landscape, championing alternatives, and highlighting the issue of plastics in forestry... View Article
September 8, 2021
Legacy gifts are helping to ensure the Yorkshire Dales remains a wonderful and inspiring place now and in the future. Legacies, large or small, make an enormous difference to this area, supporting a wide range of projects from new woodlands... View Article
December 3, 2020
50 million trees must be planted each year to counteract Britain’s contribution to climate change. Trees often need protecting from grazing animals or harsh weather conditions to become established. However, the worry is that 1.5 billion plastic tubes will end up... View Article
August 21, 2020
Since the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement, ‘net zero carbon’ has become a goal for the UK. With its officially adopted target of 2050 to achieve this ambitious goal, we all need to be reducing our carbon footprint. North East Heating... View Article
August 14, 2020
We hosted our first ever Q&A on Twitter recently explaining our role in woodland creation and making sure we place the right tree in the right place. Thanks to everyone who posted questions. Our woodland officer Carol Douglas answers your... View Article
February 26, 2020
As part of our partnership with Carr’s Group and Carrs Billington Agriculture we invited their staff to come and plant trees with us at Hesper Farm in Bell Busk. Joanne Rome was one of the attendees on the day and... View Article
February 20, 2020
With support from Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, Darren Sheffield and his partner Anna have planted 2,200 native broadleaf trees at Low Branthwaites in Sedbergh. They wanted to create interest in the landscape, improve biodiversity and allow people to enjoy the... View Article
