Barnsley Biodiversity Trust logo Barnsley Biodiversity Trust: Barnsley Biodiversity Action Plan. DRAFT Last Updated February 2019

What is being done

Proposed Actions

Marking Progress

Brown and Mountain Hares: action plan

What we want to achieve - Key Objectives

   * at known established sites and potential new sites

Roles:

Land owners and managers:  follow best practice in managing grasslands and wetlands to support and extend existing Brown and Mountain Hare populations


Wildlife conservation bodies: give advice and provide practical support for habitat management for Brown and Mountain Hare .


Barnsley Council as planning authority:

The Peak District National Park Authority is responsible similarly for planning decisions in areas with Mountain Hare.


Voluntary groups and volunteers:

Mountain Hare with white winter coat sitting in snowBrown Hare eating in grassland