YP Letters: Neglecting high-value verge reserves on Wolds

From: Bryan Mallison, Seaton, Hull.
Is enough being done to save Yorkshire's meadows?Is enough being done to save Yorkshire's meadows?
Is enough being done to save Yorkshire's meadows?

YOU published two more articles about “one of nature’s major tragedies (The Yorkshire Post, July 6).

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s restoration and reseeding was featured.

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What a pity a blind eye was turned on the fate of our high- value verge reserves on the Yorkshire Wolds.

These need neither massive intervention nor eye-watering grants.

What they do need is a resumption of annual maintenance, which was 
started in 1995 and stuttered 
to a halt under the desultory 
care of East Riding County Council.

Trusts in other counties have taken responsibility for classic species-rich verges.

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YWT has vast experience in liaising with land managers and is well versed in the sordid business of exploiting funding pots.

Why not have a chat with this maundering county council, resurrect old marker posts and get on with the job?

Such a move would chime well with Michael Gove’s avowed environmental policies for post-Brexit “public goods”.