Contested Landscape

Ecosystems must be protected at all cost

Martin Hesp walks along the former Mineral Railway in the Brendon Hills

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

YOU only had to be out and about on Westcountry roads this bank holiday to know why it was necessary for this newspaper to commission a series called Contested Landscape. England is one of the most heavily populated countries in the world and the figures are growing fast...

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Tourists must walk a fine line for nature

Porlock organises a 'rutting weekend' where stags like this one can be seen during the red deer mating season

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Continuing our Contested Landscape series, Martin Hesp has been pondering the impact mass tourism can have on the region’s wonderful sceneryTOUR...

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Green energy projects go with the flow

Bill Andrews, chairman of South Wheatley Energy Trust, which runs a 15 kilowatt wind turbine in the heart of North Cornwall. It was a labour of love, but 'well worth it', he says

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Alternative sources of power continue to occupy Martin Hesp this week as he travels the Westcountry for the Contested Landscape series,...

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Turbines drive protesters to fight their cause

Twenty-four giant wind turbines have been planned for four different sites on Exmoor, as seen from Molland Moor (below)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

This week our Contested Landscape series turns to one of the most hotly disputed countryside issues of them all – should we be erecting more...

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A little grazing goes a long way

Brian Jenkins – 'one of the last crofter farmers'

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

THERE'S a concrete bunker dug deep into one of the highest hills in the Scillonian archipelago which plays an important part in how the fabulous...

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Why city and moor don't mix

A park warden gathers up a pile of rubbish on the corner of Dartmoor, which borders Plymouth

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Continuing our Contested Landscape series, Martin Hesp has seen what can happen when the countryside gets a little too close to mankindIF THE natural...

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Bringing greenery to the alpine scenery

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Continuing our Contested Landscape series,Martin Hesp has been to one of the largest man-made landscapes in the region, and learned about the taming...

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Cheap meat puts our moorland at risk

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

THERE is a growing argument going on in high places and it concerns the linkage between our landscape's past, and its future. Some profound questions...

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