Letter Received from DNPA Regarding Dartmoor Mires Project
Monday 25th June 2012
at
9:57 pm
14 May 2012
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your letter dated 29 April 2012 addressed to Lorna Brown, sorry it has taken a while to respond.
Seminar – I note your interest in the proposed seminar, this will be a chance to share the research and monitoring programme for the Project. As requested I will keep you informed of progress and we would welcome your attendance.
Flat Tor Pan – we note your views on this but Lorna clearly spelt out our position in her letter of 12 April.
Erosion – At this stage I have nothing further to add to the information previously supplied. It is the view of our own staff, experts in the field, Natural England, the Environment Agency and South West Water that parts of Dartmoor’s peatlands are eroding. The aims of the project are three fold; to restore blanket bog; to improve water quality and to protect carbon. As we have clearly spelt out in the past this is a pilot project, to consider feasibility and impact on the above three aims. The seminar may provide an opportunity for you to hear how this is progressing and speak to Dr Lunt and other specialists.
Analytical Work – It is the view of experts, our own staff and project partners such as Environment Agency, Natural England and South West Water that natural colonisation of bare peat will not take place where there is running water and erosion. Through the project we are monitoring the effects of reducing running water on colonisation.
Thank you for your continued interest in the project. I have tried to provide as much information as I can but there is very little to add given the amount of information provided in previous correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
Ally Kohler Director of Conservation and Communities
Letter Received from DNPA Regarding Dartmoor Mires Project
14 May 2012
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your letter dated 29 April 2012 addressed to Lorna Brown, sorry it has taken a while to respond.
Seminar – I note your interest in the proposed seminar, this will be a chance to share the research and monitoring programme for the Project. As requested I will keep you informed of progress and we would welcome your attendance.
Flat Tor Pan – we note your views on this but Lorna clearly spelt out our position in her letter of 12 April.
Erosion – At this stage I have nothing further to add to the information previously supplied. It is the view of our own staff, experts in the field, Natural England, the Environment Agency and South West Water that parts of Dartmoor’s peatlands are eroding. The aims of the project are three fold; to restore blanket bog; to improve water quality and to protect carbon. As we have clearly spelt out in the past this is a pilot project, to consider feasibility and impact on the above three aims. The seminar may provide an opportunity for you to hear how this is progressing and speak to Dr Lunt and other specialists.
Analytical Work – It is the view of experts, our own staff and project partners such as Environment Agency, Natural England and South West Water that natural colonisation of bare peat will not take place where there is running water and erosion. Through the project we are monitoring the effects of reducing running water on colonisation.
Thank you for your continued interest in the project. I have tried to provide as much information as I can but there is very little to add given the amount of information provided in previous correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
Ally Kohler
Director of Conservation and Communities