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- www.bbc.co.uk Dartmoor given £3m funding boost for heritage and nature
- www.themoorlander.co.uk Dartmoor ramblers handed new year boost by government
Post-Christmas Dartmoor ramble given a lifeline by rights of way ruling
- www.bbc.co.uk Royal Marine's rifle lost on Dartmoor is recovered
The unloaded rifle has been recovered by "personnel from the Commando Training Centre".
Post from when it was lost: https://feddit.uk/post/935755
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More than 5,000 acorns picked at ancient woodland on Dartmoor
www.bbc.co.uk More than 5,000 acorns picked at ancient woodlandThe work is part of a Duchy of Cornwall project to double the size of Wistman's Wood by 2040.
- www.bbc.co.uk Rescue mission for UK rainforests’ weird treasures
Britain's lush, humid woodlands are home to weird and wonderful lichens not found anywhere else on Earth.
- www.bbc.co.uk Work to begin on Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood expansion
Work will start on Sunday as part of plans to double the size of Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood.
- www.bbc.co.uk 'Time for change' in push for cleaner rivers
Campaigners around England are hoping more official bathing sites will lead to cleaner rivers.
- www.bbc.co.uk Fires break out at Venford Reservoir on Dartmoor
Firefighters say the blazes were in a wooded area where forestry operations were taking place.
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Paved surface at Dartmoor stone row uncovered by archaeologists
A quartz surface – possibly laid deliberately to enhance the setting of a double stone row – has been uncovered during excavations at Piles Hill.
- www.bbc.co.uk 'Significant' plan for Dartmoor and US national parks to collaborate
Dartmoor National Park says it is a "significant opportunity" and "a first for a UK national park".
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Okehampton named Small Station of the Year at National Rail Awards
news.gwr.com Okehampton named Small Station of the Year as GWR triumphs at National Rail Awards | GWR NewsOkehampton Station has been named as the Small Station of the Year at last night’s ‘Railway Oscars’ following the hugely-successful reopening of the Dartmoor Line.
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Dartmoor National Park Authority to file objection against Supreme Court legal bid
Dartmoor National Park Authority has agreed to respond to a new application seeking to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgment which allowed backpack camping on some of Dartmoor’s commons without landowner permission.
- www.bbc.co.uk Dartmoor dig unearths Stone Age 'viewpoint'
A high ridge on Dartmoor may have been used by Stone Age hunters to spot prey.
- www.bbc.co.uk Curlews released on Dartmoor in bid to boost numbers
Experts say in the past 25 to 30 pairs were on Dartmoor, but now there are "about two at best".
- www.bbc.co.uk Roman road network identified in Devon and Cornwall
Archaeologists at the University of Exeter used specialist techniques to find the roads.
- www.bbc.co.uk Royal Marine loses unloaded rifle on Dartmoor during exercise
The MOD is investigating after a search failed to find the weapon.
- www.bbc.co.uk Dartmoor wild camping to resume after appeal win
Park Authority win battle against landowners to allow wild camping in Dartmoor without permission.
- www.theguardian.com Wild camping allowed on Dartmoor again after court appeal succeeds
Dartmoor National Park Authority had appealed against January high court ruling that outlawed practice