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Morecambe Bay Shifting Sands Symposium – 18th & 19th July 2016

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Morecambe Bay Partnership is hosting a two day ‘Shifting Sands Symposium’ to be held on the 18th and 19th July in Kendal, Cumbria. The symposium will explore the management and monitoring of sand dunes and shingle around Morecambe bay with site visits to Walney Island the Fylde coast. The event is ran by a partnership which […]

Job: SIMCelt Solway Project Support Officer

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Closing date: 5pm Monday 27th June. The Solway Firth Partnership are advertising a new job: SIMCelt Solway Project Support Officer. The fixed term job, based in Dumfries until December 2017 will aim to support an EU-funded initiative looking at transboundary and cross-border marine planning in the Solway Firth. For more details about the job, click […]

Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) News – May 2016

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The newsletter for the Defra, Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Research and Development programme for May has been published and covers the following topics: Policy, Strategy & Investment Catchment process modelling The costs and impacts of the 2013-14 winter floods Public dialogues on flood risk […]

Keep Britain Tidy #Street2Sea Marine Litter Campaign Launched

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UK charity Keep Britain Tidy, in partnership with supermarket chain Lidl, have launched the #Street2Sea campaign which aims to raise awareness of the damage that urban litter has to coastal environments and marine wildlife. To launch the campaign, a eco-artist, nicknamed ‘Moose’, has been enlisted to manage an art project which power-washes stencils of marine wildlife onto […]

Understanding Morecambe Bay – Spring and Summer Events by Morecambe Bay Partnership

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Morecambe Bay Partnership are hosting numerous events this summer ranging from a ‘Eider Courtship Walk‘ and ‘Wildlife Taster Days‘ to  sessions on ‘Incredible Edibles: Coastal Foraging‘. In order to help understand more about the heritage of the bay, MBP are running ‘Archaeological Geophysical survey training‘ days taking place between 25th and 29th April and an ‘Archaeology Festival: Rediscovering […]

3rd Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference, 27th September, Dublin

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The third annual Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference will be held on the 27th September 2016 in Dublin. The Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference aims to facilitate a central hub for stakeholders of the Atlantic Strategy and provide good opportunities for stakeholders to create contacts, share best practices, publicise innovative projects and ideas and explore funding opportunities and partnerships. The conference will promote Atlantic […]

Morecambe Bay Partnership Events Summer 2015

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The Morecambe Bay Partnership has published a newsletter giving details of events around the Bay. Covering August, September and October the impressive range of fascinating things to do includes Heritage Open Days, dates of 9 Beach Cleans, talks and guided walks on local heritage including archaeology, fishing, salt-making and marine life. The newsletter can be […]