Just in case nobody has seen it.
Act now to help hen harriers and the uplands
BASC is asking all members to sign an e-petition calling for the publication of a plan which seeks to boost hen harrier numbers in the English uplands without damaging the viability of grouse moors.
Overseen by Defra, the Hen Harrier Joint Recovery Plan was drawn up by moor owners, gamekeepers and conservation groups. Work started in August 2012 and the plan has been ready since January this year, but has not yet been launched. Now BASC is asking members to sign an online petition calling for the plan to be published immediately.
Please sign the petition here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/67527
BASC chairman Alan Jarrett said; “This plan was drawn up by all sides of the debate. It is a sensible and sustainable way forward. It aims to deliver more hen harriers, but without damaging the grouse interests that fund essential moorland management."
The six elements of the Joint Recovery Plan are:
1) Law enforcement, prevention and intelligence led by a senior police officer
2) Ongoing monitoring of breeding sites and winter roosts
3) Research of the movement of hen harriers using satellite tracking
4) Diversionary feeding of hen harriers to reduce predation on grouse chicks
5) Engagement study about reintroducing them to other parts of England
6) Brood management trial to avoid red grouse and hen harrier population swings
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