Rusland Horizons

Projects

Protect your landscape

The Rusland Horizons projects are arranged around four inter-connected themes or programmes of work to revive traditional skills and to learn about, enhance and enjoy the heritage, habitats and wildlife of this quiet and very special place.

Heritage Skills

This programme provides training and experience in traditional land management skills and craft products from natural local materials. These activities link closely to the conservation work in Woodlands and Wildlife programme, giving benefits for the landscape and heritage as well as people.

Woodlands and Wildlife

The Woodlands and Wildlife programme is built around eight closely linked projects of habitat improvements and species monitoring and support.

Hidden Heritage

This programme involves the local community in exploring and understanding the cultural heritage of the area through surveys, archive research and oral history accounts. This learning is shared through the Out and About programme.

Out and About

This programme concerns improving access to the Rusland Horizons area and engaging people in learning about the natural and cultural landscape heritage and rights of way network.

The Greenwood Trails

Encouraging people to explore the area sustainably. The trails promote appreciation of the woodland heritage, with key points of interest.

Dreaming of Rusland - Impressions of Wildlife

This project is a collaboration with Ulverston based artist Eleanor Chaney who will draw seven unique images of fauna and flora you might find in the Rusland valley to encourage you to do the same.

Rusland Living History

A 'Living History' project, recording our thoughts, experiences and activities during this extraordinary period of Covid19 'lockdown' 2020.

Growing Woodlands and Meadows

Growing trees and wildflowers from seed in a new polytunnel, erected on land near to Bouth.

Art in the Environment

The Rusland Horizons Trust has launched a new 'Art in the Environment' initiative to explore how the landscape inspires us, from creative writing to landscape photography.

Rusland Local History Group

Two new projects researching ancient routeways and old orchards.

Skills & Swills

A programme of heritage skills courses, held in partnership with other groups running complementary workshops, to pass on traditional skills.

Valley Futures

Giving young people the opportunity to learn practical, rural management skills, whilst undertaking an apprenticeship in Environmental Conservation.

Share Wood

Establishing two community managed woodlands at Oxen Park and Bouth that provide materials for a variety of products including craft items and woodfuel.

Mapped Histories

Mapped Histories has been part of the 'Peeling the Onion' Project. Its aim was to collect and interpret the names of the fields, woods and landscape features within the Rusland Horizons scheme area.

Coupes and Cords

Working with woodland managers to restore neglected woodland, creating a more sustainable, ecologically and visually diverse landscape.

Dreaming of Dormice

The Rusland Valley was identified as a potential breeding area for the endangered Hazel Dormouse. Nationally it is a declining species but is known to be present here in the north west.

Mapping Wild Rusland

Bringing together data on important habitats for the first time to create a comprehensive digital mapping database that builds a picture of their extent, condition and current management.

Hands on Heritage

A programme of outreach, engagement, celebration and sharing of activities to enable people to learn about the wildlife, habitats and heritage of the area and get involved in their conservation.

Lives in the Landscape

Discovering new information about the history and landscape through a community archaeology programme of surveys, research, excavation, interpretation and conservation management works.

Wings in the Woods

Enhancing habitat connectivity by creating stepping stones and corridors to enable rare butterflies and moths to move between colonies.

Oral Histories

Oral Histories has been part of the 'Peeling the Onion' project. It gathered spoken memories of a changing working landscape and how people lived their lives within it.

Magical Meadows

Enhancing, restoring and managing flower rich hay meadows within the scheme area, using traditional practices to increase plant diversity.

Coppice Livings

Supporting three coppice apprentices in the heart of the country where Bill Hogarth, the late Cumbria coppice merchant, lived and worked.

Rusland's Reds

The Rusland's Reds project has contributed to efforts that aim to restore the dominance of red squirrels throughout the scheme area.

Hidden Hedgerows

Working with volunteers and apprentices to survey the extent, distribution and condition of hedgerows in the area, with follow-up hedge restoration and new planting projects.

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Rusland Horizons was a Landscape Partnership funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund until July 2019. It is now being delivered by The Rusland Horizons Trust Limited. Company No. 2133450; Charity No. 519410; Registered Office: Bleacott Farm, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6RZ.

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