Wildlife comes first

WITH the guidance of British Waterways £174,000 is being spent on the Calder & Hebble Navigation—but on wildlife.

People living by the waterway have been asked to 'improve' it by volunteering to form a Wildlife Action Squad to 'help to improve the habitats of wildlife living along the waterway such as bats, voles and otters'.

Lottery

It was last year that the project was awarded £174,000 by the Big Lottery Fund, and it needs to recruit volunteers to form the Wildlife Action Squad.

The squad will be under the supervision of a project officer, but it is expected that eventually the volunteers will be more independent, taking on responsibility.