Alex Farrell welcomes the EFRA Committee’s wildfire report backing a ‘toolbox’ approach to prevention, and sets out the problems with England’s burning licences.
MPs back ‘toolbox’ approach to upland management Read more...
Junior BASC member Felix Hodgkinson-Last wrote his A-level EPQ on whether game shooting can be justified today, then submitted it to Defra.
Making the case for game shooting Read more...
Jim Allsop has spent a decade turning Monkwood, a 270-acre site near Chesterfield, into a haven for wildlife.
Five minutes with Schöffel Countryside Awards finalist Jim Allsop Read more...
Artist and author Will Garfit explains how his small shoot turned 69 acres of gravel workings into a haven for 148 bird species and over 460 plants.
From gravel pit to wildlife haven: Will Garfit’s small shoot story Read more...
How a decade of targeted predator control and carefully timed grazing brought breeding lapwing and redshank back to Bisterne Estate’s wet meadows.
Bisterne Estate: a shoot, a farm and a wetland recovery Read more...
The government’s review of game shooting closes on 1 November. One email is all it takes. If you haven’t sent yours yet, today is the day to act, says Conor O’Gorman.
The most important thing you can do this month Read more...
BASC’s Sam Walker joins the beaters at Ponsonby Farms in Gloucestershire to see a wild grey partridge recovery, built on shoot management, in action.
Ponsonby Farms: a day beating for wild grey partridge Read more...
Patrick O’Reilly, BASC head of social science, draws on 40 years of rural work to explain why ministers should swap symbolism for real policy conversations.
Who let the Labs out? Read more...
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty discusses the social connections we make in the field and asks you to fight for the future of game shooting.
The one conversation that matters this season Read more...
The government is reviewing every aspect of game shooting in England. Conor O’Gorman provides an update and urges people to email Defra by 1 November.
Send one email to save game shooting Read more...
