Wild Ennerdale is a Partnership between the main land owners in Ennerdale Valley with a vision to "to allow the evolution of Ennerdale as a wild valley for the benefit of people relying more on natural processes to shape its landscape and ecology". Wild Ennerdale is a wide-ranging project and offers many opportunities for funders to get involved.

Wild Ennerdale aims

• To develop Ennerdale Valley as a unique wild place allowing natural forces to become more dominant in the shaping of the landscape and the ecology and therefore providing an inspirational visitor experience and special conservation habitats.
• To improve the condition of the Pillar/Ennerdale Fells SSSI.
• To provide learning opportunities for schools, visitors and wider public.
• To explore & experiment with new ways of managing a landscape and offering our learning experiences to a wider audience.
• Achieve integrated land management for the whole Ennerdale Valley.
• To encourage and work with other organisations, agencies and landowners e.g. Lake District National Park Authority, Ennerdale & Kinniside Parish Council, YHA, Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre, Cumbria Tourist Board, English Nature, Environment Agency, Friends of the Lake District, Ramblers Association, Tourism and Conservation Partnership.
• To further improve and extend the quality of Ennerdale Valley and the surrounding area in environmental and wildlife terms.
• To use the opportunity to support the rural economy of West Cumbria.

Businesses Supporting this Theme

Honister Slate Mine

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