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Scheme to restore the countryside

Language: English Series: DoE News Release ; no 382 25 June 1991 2 pages | Daily Telegraph ; Weekend 22/6/91 p3 | Times ; 26/6/91 p4&14(5)Publication details: 1991Subject(s): Summary: Countryside Commission has launched the Countryside Stewardship scheme aimed at paying farmers to use methods of husbandry with the aim of restoring five types of countryside: moorland , heathland , wetland , salt marsh and cliff top . Annual payments will be up to £300 per hectare.

Countryside Commission has launched the Countryside Stewardship scheme aimed at paying farmers to use methods of husbandry with the aim of restoring five types of countryside: moorland , heathland , wetland , salt marsh and cliff top . Annual payments will be up to £300 per hectare.