Campaigns

Below is a list of current campaigns we are active on, with further detail on two important campaigns - Plastics and Verges - shown in the menu to the left

• Reducing the use of single use plastic in the Dales

• Better cutting times for roadside verges to protect wildflowers and wildlife

• Protecting/enhancing the national park (through our work to monitor and comment on major or significant planning applications and our policy development work)

• Proper funding for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

• North Craven Quarries/rail

• Saving digitally our cultural heritage  - our “Capturing the Past” HLF project

• Sustainable Communities - for example our Vibrant Communities events and campaigns to keep local schools open

• Upland Farming

• Local Transport (buses, rail…)

• Affordable Housing

Former significant campaigns

• YDNP/LDNP extension - successful extension in 2016

• Protecting Green Lanes

• Public Rights of Way and Access. (New extended area brings this up the list again)

• Traditional (Farm) Building protection

• Support for the saving of the Settle to Carlisle line

• Setting up of Dales Bus - and annual support which is ongoing