DDL Projects

DDL Projects

Project overviews

Bike It Moor: Working with local schools to increase the use of active travel (walk, wheel, scoot and cycle) and connection to local green spaces.

Dartmoor’s Ancient Tree Hunt: Working with local communities to raise awareness about and record Ancient and Veteran Trees.

Farm to City: Connecting those living in the city with farming and conservation communities on Dartmoor, including taking a Dartmoor farm to an inner-city area.

Gateway Hubs: Increasing accessibility and knowledge of local green space in Ivybridge, Okehampton and Princetown.

Hall Farm: Learning from a newly tenanted farm to understand how trees, woodland and other natural capital can be successfully incorporated into a viable family farm business.

Harnessing the Flow: Recording and improving understanding of historic tin streaming features on Dartmoor.

Hill Farm Hub: Supporting knowledge sharing opportunities for farms and Commons to develop innovative small projects, helping to access funding and trial new ecological survey technology.

Moorscapes: A community grant scheme for smaller, local organisations to deliver their own nature-focused projects.

Peatland Restoration: Undertaking restoration of important peatland sites and helping people learn more about peat as a natural resource.

River and Moorland Festivals: A series of arts festivals developed with local communities to help celebrate their landscape stories.

The Dartmoor Headwaters Project: Implementing natural flood management measures to reduce flood risk. Enhancing biodiversity, improving water quality, and building climate resilience across the river catchments.

Understanding Grasslands: Supporting training in grassland survey techniques and recording species-rich meadows.

Understanding Moorland Birds: Undertaking annual surveys that will help land managers and owners across the Commons and Newtakes understand more about the birds on their land.

Understanding Rivers: Recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers to conduct water-quality and biological monitoring in rivers and deliver engaging activities for schools and families.

Wood 'n' Moor: Developing an economically viable model for the restoration of ancient semi-natural woodland sites with lower value timber.