A brave experiment: - facing bankruptcy a 3,500 acre Estate put nature in charge: fences removed, land left to revert to scrub, animals left to live off the land; neither housed nor fed. Eighteen years later wildlife is abundant and many rare species are breeding there. Hope at a time of environmental crisis. Interestingly while most conservation projects are managed with a view to reverting to a chosen state of nature - they just sat back to watch what nature could achieve - awesome.
(Lynda Johnson - bwl 91 Winter 2019 ) |
