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A pdf version of this document is linked below.
Unfortunately printed copies of this document are not available.
The second edition of the Lowland Grassland Management Handbook was published in 1999. It was a joint initiative between four major partners, The Wildlife Trusts, English Nature, the Countryside Council for Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage. The handbook offers practical advice on grassland management geared at site managers and conservation advisors. It covers lowland grasslands occurring below the upper limit of enclosure (“the moor wall”) and in particular the following five major Biodiversity Action Plan priority grassland types:
- Lowland hay meadows (and pastures)
- Upland hay meadows
- Lowland calcareous grassland
- Lowland acid grassland
- Purple moor-grass & rush pastures
The handbook covers topics such as grazing, mowing, scrub management, grassland creation, weed control and management for specific species assemblages. For management advice on coastal and floodplain grazing marsh and lowland wet grasslands, the Wet Grassland Guide published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is an invaluable reference source. The partner organisations are keen to ensure the handbook is used widely and are content for parts to be reproduced for educational purposes provided the source is acknowledged.