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Newsletter April 2023
Does the LDNPA have an ecology problem? p. 1
The soundscape of the National Park p.5
Five years after: the second letter to UNESCO p.5
The view from the North East p.9

Newsletter November 2022
Understanding the LDNPA p. 1
Current TROs in the Lake District p. 3
Tilberthwaite Management Group – update p. 4
If stones could weep p. 5
The supposed economic benefits of off-roading p. 8

Newsletter July 2022
A glimmer of hope? p.1
Westmorland/Furness and Cumberland: green lanes in the new unitary authorities p.2
Green lanes and the disabled p.4
The eye of the beholder? p.5
Paul Truelove 1941 – 2021 p.8

Newsletter March 2022
The Defra consultation p. 1
The LDNPA’s Position Statement on green lanes p. 2
…and how they did it in the Yorkshire Dales p.4
White moles and green lanes in Little Langdale p. 5

Newsletter December 2021
The former Director of Conservation in the Peak District on tranquillity p. 1
The Lake District National Park on tranquillity p. 3
The Environment Act 2021 p. 3
When the facts change p.4
What evidence? The impact of motor vehicles on fell tracks and nature p. 4
Electric cars: the solution to all our problems? p. 6

Newsletter September 2021
Before COP26: p. 1
The 1969 Guide to the Lake District National Park p.3
Green lane motoring and the disabled p.3
Best practice from the Peak District p.3
An interview with Bill Birkett p.4

Newsletter July 2021
Act now to protect green lanes: leading scientists write to the LDNPA p. 1
UNESCO, Liverpool and the Lake District p. 3
Whataboutism – the LDNPA’s killer argument p. 4
The Tilberthwaite Management Group p. 4
Green Lanes in a World Heritage Landscape p. 5
www.ldnpa.blog p.7
Lord (Frank) Judd, Green Lanes advocate 1935 – 2021 p.7

Newsletter April 2021
UNESCO ignored p. 1
The Partnership Management Group p. 3
The sustainable use of green lanes p. 4
National Parks in North America and Europe p.5
Ruskin’s insights for today p. 6
Douglas Worrall – green lanes pioneer p. 8

Newsletter February 2021
The M6 fault line p. 1
TROs in the Peak District p. 2
Little Langdale: a centre for green lane driving p.4
Off-roading in Wordsworth’s landscape p. 5

Newsletter December 2020
2020: new off-road traffic peaks p. 1
LDNPA restructuring p. 2
Mary Shaw: Bletchley Girl and green lanes advocate p. 2
Breast High Road p. 4
TROs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park p. 4
A view from Istanbul p. 6
Watch dusk fall over the Langdale Pikes p. 6

Newsletter October 2020
The judicial review p. 1
A new type of 4x4 p. 3
The Hierarchy of Trail Routes (with illustrations!) p. 3

Newsletter August 2020
Gamblesmire Lane p. 1
Lockdown and vehicle numbers p. 3
A National Park for everybody – but not for everything p. 4
Cumbria County Council selected for landscape recovery pilot scheme p. 5
Ambleside Action for a Future p. 5
SLDC’s Climate Conversation p. 6

Newsletter July 2020
After the lockdown p. 1
High Nibthwaite (U5051) p. 2
Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) in the Lake District p. 3
Beatrix Potter the environmental pioneer: a new biography p. 4

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