The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve the landscape connecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the River Ray. The project aims to restore nature and benefit communities.
Bernwood Meadows in Buckinghamshire is an area looked after by the trust which will benefit from fundingThe Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust received the money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The trust said it was part of a wider plan to eventually gain more than £3.5m of funding, in partnership with 11 other organisations.A statement from the organisation said the project "aims to enable long-term landscape and species recovery in the region for the benefit of nature, heritage and people".
Charlotte Newberry, from the trust, said: "This funding will allow us to continue to inspire excitement for nature in landowners and communities, listen to underserved voices and foster the existing sense of pride in the area to drive nature's recovery."
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