A NEW land management scheme test has officially landed in the Lake District.
A new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) that will replace current farming schemes is being tested in the Lake District.
The Lake District National Park Authority is working with local landowners and farmers to test a new approach for land management to help find the best way forward in delivering public goods.
The authority’s farming officer Andrea Meanwell has been working on an ELMS test and trial, which will continue until October.
Lake District National Park Farming Officer, Andrea Meanwell said: “We are working with farmers and land managers to identify what they consider to be the public goods in their area and on their farms, and producing in depth plans to map this.
“We’re looking at the wide range of assets that Cumbria has and trying to record these. It is an important and very interesting project, and could have a positive impact on the future land management schemes in the UK. I am hoping to work with ten farms in detail, between now and October.”
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