Made possible with support
The work will be carried out in partnership with the Internal Drainage Board and the project forms part of a wider pioneering national landscape-scale ‘Riverlands’ initiative for the National Trust in partnership with the Environment Agency, which seeks to create cleaner, healthier catchments for wildlife.
This donation is part of an £800k award made to the conservation charity.
Sanjay Singh, Senior Programmes Officer at People’s Postcode Lottery added: “We are thrilled that support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery will continue to support the National Trust’s nature programme and Heritage Open Days this year.
“Players’ support in 2019 will help improve a range of priority habitats, protecting our nation’s countryside for generations to come. The conservation project at Blickling Estate will create the ideal habitat for freshwater plants and wildlife and improve the health of one of England’s rare chalk-stream rivers.”
The remaining £685k awarded by Postcode Earth Trust and raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, will support Heritage Open Days and the National Trust’s wider ambition to restore a healthy, beautiful more natural environment. Conservation projects include wildflower meadow and apple orchard restoration at the Brockhampton Estate in Herefordshire, as well as the conservation of 13 ancient hill forts that will give wildlife a new lease of life in Dorset and Wiltshire.