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07
Jul 2023
More than 150 Nidderdale children take part in moorland education event
More than 150 children from Nidderdale have taken part in an educational scheme which aims to teach people about moorland landscapes.
The Let's Learn Moor events are co-ordinated by Countryside Learning, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Regional Moorland Groups.
The scheme saw children from Nidderdale put out wildfires with an argo, rescue a teacher who needed stretchering off the moor with fell rescue, and watch a sheep shearing demonstration this week.
Also in attendance were Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue and the fire brigade from Lofthouse Volunteer Fire Station, which supplements the nearby retained stations of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.
Almost 12,000 children have now attended Let’s Learn Moor events since the project was launched in 2017 – and more than 2,000 of them attended events across the north of England this week alone.
Curtis Mossop, BASC’s head of education and outreach, said:
Tracy Johnson, from the Nidderdale Moorland Group, said:
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