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Marie Curie Cancer Care sponsored walk
21 June 2008
Marie Curie Cancer Care are holding a sponsored walk in Ruislip on
Saturday June 21st. It is a 3 mile walk starting close to Ruislip
Lido with its sandy beach, before leading walkers through Ruislip Common and
into some of North West London’s historic woodland such as Copse Wood and Mad
Bess Wood. This gives walkers a great chance to view the rich and varied
flora and associated wildlife. Dogs on leads are welcome.
If anyone is interested in taking part please contact Claire Moss Community Fundraiser at claire.moss@mariecurie.org.uk
Cycle Route, November 2006
Sustrans are again proposing to build a cycle
route through the woods. At first this sounds like an excellent idea until you
realise that this would be an all weather surface which is basically a road
construction. RWMAG are hoping to negotiate an alternative route alongside the
golf course. (RWMAG are the Ruislip Wood Management Advisory Group)
What is Ruislip Woods Trust ?
In 1997 the five local Residents
Associations (Eastcote, Harefield, Northwood, Northwood Hills and Ruislip) set
up a Charitable Trust for educational, monitoring and survey purposes, and to
enhance the value to the community of the Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve.
It is registered with the Charity Commissioners and maintains full accounts.
The Trust management committee includes recognised experts in nature conservation and interpretation. The Trust identifies projects, obtains funding for proposed schemes and then commissions the work, much along the principles of a Groundwork Trust such as the Colne Valley. The Trust's objectives prevent it from doing any of the woodlands management presently undertaken by Hillingdon Council, except to give advice on request.
To find out more, visit our web site at www.ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk
What are Friends of
Ruislip Woods?
The purpose of the Trust is to develop the educational, monitoring and survey
aspects of Ruislip Woods - all designed to ensure that we know about the Woods,
understand what changes are occurring (natural and man made) and provide
accurate information to preserve the quality of the habitat. Without this
information we will not know when damaging activities are happening, until it is
too late. Currently there are 175,000 visitors a year
to Ruislip Woods and with expected increases in that number, we must monitor
carefully the effects of erosion. A number of rapidly spreading invasive species
are starting to occur in the Woods, but without pinpointing their locations
no-one knows their true extent.
We need the public's support in two ways. First, we want the public to know what is in the Woods, what is of interest, how they are managed, what the problems are and how we can solve them. Secondly, we need financial support to meet the costs of providing information.
That is why we formed the Friends of Ruislip Woods, to which anyone can belong - individuals, societies, clubs, schools and companies. The annual subscription for Friends is £5.00. Friends receive the quarterly and annual publications and other newsletters.
By bringing together the activities and findings of a number of local groups the Trust will be able to keep the public informed of the many exciting events in the Woods that appeal to nature conservationists, walkers, runners and horse riders.
Would you like to become a Friend ?
If so then just send us an email, see
feedback.
Links
English Nature learn more about National Nature Reserves.
Woodlands is represented by committee member Ian Cantley
If you have any views on the above please let us know see Feedback