Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

The logo of the Wildlife Trusts
Abbreviation	YWT
Motto	Love Yorkshire, Love Wildlife
Formation	January 1, 1946 as Yorkshire Naturalists’ Trust
Type	Registered charity No.210807
Legal status	Company limited by guarantee No.409650
Purpose	Protecting wildlife and wild places, and educating, influencing and empowering people.
Headquarters	1 St George's Place, York
Location	YO24 1GN
Region served	Traditional county of Yorkshire
Chief Executive	Dr Rob Stoneman
Affiliations	The Wildlife Trusts partnership
Budget	Accounts 2007-8
Website	http://www.ywt.org.uk/

The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the traditional county of Yorkshire, England. The Trust is part of the UK-wide partnership of 47 Wildlife Trusts.It was formed in 1946, as the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Trust, essentially to preserve its first nature reserve Askham Bog on the outskirts of York. It now manages more than ninety reserves^[1] across the county, including some of the best wildlife sites in the UK. These nature reserves cover the diversity of Yorkshire’s landscape, from woodland to grassland, wetland and moorland, fen and bog, and river and coast. One of the flagship reserves is Potteric Carr.^[2]

Moorlands Wood - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Nature Reserve at Kiplingcotes chalk pit east of Goodmanham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who have used Exmoor ponies and Soay sheep to graze the land

References

1. "View Find a nature reserve". Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
2. "Potteric Carr Nature Reserve: Introduction". Friends of Potteric Carr. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

External links

• Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website