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Making a Difference

The creation of The National Forest is transforming the fortunes of local communities, according to a new study by the University of Derby.

Experts at the university set out to discover how the Forest's creation has affected the lives of the area's 205,000 population since 1995, when the National Forest Company was set up to lead the Forest initiative.

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Tales of the River Bank

Work has begun on a drive to make a wildlife haven in The National Forest into a "service station" for one of our bestloved wild animals, the otter.

The rivers Trent, Mease and Tame all meet at the site at Croxall, near Lichfield, making it a key intersection for otters on the move.

A recent survey at Croxall by Nick Mott (pictured), the Severn Trent Water/Wildlife Trusts, Otters and Rivers Project Officer for the upper Trent, has shown that otters do drop in and suggests that the site could play a key role in encouraging their return across the Midlands.

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