The Lake District
 A National Park for 50 years, A National Treasure for Ever
Outcome of a symposium held in November 2001 by the Royal Geographical Society  in conjunction with the Lake District National Park Authority

The consensus of the RGS, the LDNPA and the esteemed guests was:
"After years of the Forestry Commission's contemptuous attitude towards landscape and access, before and during the early years of the National Park, we now have state forestry management that would have been unrecognisable to those who so arrogantly planted Ennerdale and the Duddon. Wood production is now but one part of the consensual view that our forests must have multi-purpose objectives."

View down Ennerdale valley overlooking Broadmoor Forest

Typical views of the Forest Management in the Lake District National Park TODAY; and this is an improvement? These pictures are only from the Ennerdale valley, never mind the state of the other forests at Skiddaw, Miterdale, Duddon Valley, Grizedale, Whinlatter, Blengdale etc.







Is this what you would expect of The Crown in a prospective World Heritage Site?