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Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust History of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
 
 
Flooded saltmarsh at
Gibraltar Point in 1953
(photo by Fred Clift)
  100 years of nature conservation
In May 1912 Charles Rothschild held a meeting to discuss his radical idea about saving places for nature.  It led to the formation of the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, which would become the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, and signalled the beginning of UK nature conservation as we know it.
 
The Society worked hard to secure Government protection for sites across the UK they considered ‘worthy of preservation’, but it was not until the 1940s that nature conservation made it onto the statute with the National Parks & Access to the Countryside Act in 1949.  This enabled the newly formed Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust to establish Gibraltar Point as its first nature reserve.
 
 
 
Wildlife Events
Discover Lincolnshire's wildlife and wild places on our events... everything from gentle strolls in nature reserves to pond dipping and wildlife identification training.  
Adults Only Pond Dipping at Whisby Nature Park
Mad Hatters Tea Party at Gibraltar Point
Beachcombing with a purpose
All events this month
Discover Life on the Verge in the Wolds
Get involved with the largest wildflower survey of road verges.
Volunteers are needed to help survey 700 miles of roads and to discover which are the most important road verges for wildlife in the Lincolnshire Wolds. 
Visit the Life on the Verge website (opens into new browser window)
More info and details of free training classes
Living Seas
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's vision for our seas is one of Living Seas where wildlife thrives from the depths of the ocean to the coastal shallows.
Join our campaign for Marine Protected Areas (July 2011)
Our vision for Living Seas
The Wildlife Trust's North Sea Project
Follow the North Sea Wildlife Trusts on facebook
Searching shores in 2012
This is beachcombing with a purpose: a way of surveying the beach and recording what's found.  Throughout the year we are running a monthly Shoresearch at various locations on the Lincolnshire coast.
Find out more...
A Living Landscape
For 60 years, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust has been safeguarding wildlife havens. Now we must expand these and create a Living Landscape where our nature reserves are an integral part of the wider functioning landscape and not isolated oases.
Our Vision for a Living Landscape
Thousands play their part in nature's recovery
Our response to the Natural Environment White Paper
 
Situation Vacant
» Membership Recruiters
We need enthusiastic and dedicated people with a flair for communication to recruit new members.
Situation Vacant
» Conservation Programme Manager
A new opportunity working for the Humberhead Levels Partnership.
Latest Press Releases
May 18 – Mad Hatters Topsy Turvy Tea Party
May 17 – The search continues for wildflowers on the road verges of Lincolnshire
May 12 – Celebrating 100 years of protecting places for wildlife
May 03 – Wildlife Workshops at Willow Tree Fen
LWT Reserve Updates
» Wildlife in April 2012
06 May, 2012
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LWT Membership
Trust membership is now over 25,300 (May 2012), including the junior wing, the Wildlife Watch Club.
If you care about your environment and want to help protect wildlife and wild places please support the Trust by becoming a member.
 
 
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