WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STAND FOR

At the beginning of July 2008 a small group of concerned local residents came together under the name of SAVE PENWITH MOORS to encourage and co-ordinate opposition to plans by Natural England to install barbed wire fencing, gates and cattle grids on previously unobstructed open access local moorland under the HEATH PROJECT, prior to introducing cattle as part of a HIGHER LEVEL STEWARDSHIP ‘conservation grazing’ scheme.

But Save Penwith Moors does not campaign against ALL new fencing and grazing. While, as individuals, we may not appreciate the new stock proofing of so many open access areas – both inland and coastal – we campaign, at present, for a grazing exemption and removal of all new stock proofing for only four specific popularly used areas by locals and tourists for walking and horse riding: Carnyorth Common, Watch Croft, Carn Galva and two crofts on Lanyon Farm (Men-an-Tol and Lanyon Quoit). These areas amount to a mere 1.6% of the Natural England Higher Level Stewardship target area for Penwith – we do not feel this is an unreasonable request.

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