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We look after 250,000 hectares of countryside and more than 775 miles of coastline, keeping them accessible for future generations

Visitors walking in the Shropshire Hills

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View of White Cliffs of Dover — The White Cliffs aerial view

Urgent White Cliffs appeal

The White Cliffs appeal to help us secure the 700,000 square metres of land behind the clifftop has now reached its deadline. We’ve been overwhelmed by your support and generosity since we launched it three weeks ago. Donations are being processed and the total will be checked and finalised over the coming days.

More about the White Cliffs appeal

Greatest opportunity in a generation for our countryside to thrive

Our countryside has its greatest opportunity in a generation to thrive if the Government delivers on its promises to reward nature-friendly farming, says Helen Ghosh.

A view of Great Gable from Lingmell Summit in Wasdale Cumbria — Great Gable, bought by climbers returning after the Great War

Looking after the Lake District

We've been looking after special places in the Lake District for the past 120 years. Learn how we're playing our part in looking after this changing landscape for nature, for society, for now and for the future.

Learn how we're playing our part

A Ranger pulling Himalayan Balsam in the Lake District

Alien plants in the Lake District

Himalayan Balsam, Rhododendron and Japanese Knotweed – they’re familiar sights, but actually, in the wrong place, they’re becoming a real problem across the Lake District. These are just some of the non-native plants here, or 'alien invasions' as we call them. In 2016, our Rangers and volunteers spent over 300 days tackling them - that’s nearly a year! We do this so indigenous plants survive, and that animals aren’t affected by these alien invaders either. They appear on land and in water – here’s 4 of the species to watch out for when you’re in the Lake District.

Dan Jones and his sheepdogs on the Great Orme — Great Orme farmer Dan Jones and his sheepdogs

Wildlife and farming on the Great Orme

We're working with farmer Dan Jones and his flock of sheep to look after rare wildlife at Parc Farm on the Great Orme.

Discover more about this Snowdonia farm

Ranger with a pick-axe working on footpath repairs, South Ridge of Snowdon in the background. — Snowdonia appeal area ranger, Ned Feesey, making a start on footpath repairs at Cwm Llan, Snowdonia

Snowdonia's fragile natural wonders need our support

Snowdonia's rangers are constantly working to maintain the pathways, now, after completing their most extensive review of the landscape to date, they urgently need your help to get repairs underway on two and a half miles of the path network.

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Dee Gathorne-Hardy, our area ranger at Ickworth, Suffolk — Dee Gathorne-Hardy, area ranger at Ickworth, Suffolk helps manage the woodland to produce fuel for the biomass boiler

Inspired by trees at Ickworth

Dee Gathorne-Hardy's love of trees began in the tropical climes of Malaysia. Today he works with other rangers and volunteers managing the woodland in the grounds of this 18th century mansion. They use woodchip to power the estate's biomass boiler.

Meet the tree-loving ranger