For a thriving countryside that benefits everyone

It's almost the end of @KeepBritainTidy's #GBSpringClean, but let's work together to keep litter off the streets and out of the wild everyday! #keepBuckstidy #Litterheroes

We are so pleased that during his visit to Chesham yesterday, @BorisJohnson expressed support for the campaign by our late President, Dame Cheryl Gillan, to promote the Chilterns from AONB status to being a National Park. @ChilternsAONB you might need a new Twitter handle!

“Chalk streams are some of the planet’s rarest habitats and 85% of them are found in England”, one of which is our wonderful River Chess. It is crucial that we protect this precious stream from the threat of water contamination by @HS2ltd works!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/06/the-battle-to-save-englands-chalk-streams-one-of-the-planets-rarest-habitats

As well as providing natural boundaries, hedgerows are vitally important for species in decline, such as the yellowhammer. Take a moment to listen out for birdsong next time you’re near a hedgerow.
#NationalHedgerowWeek #Bucksbirds

Thanks to that delightful Bank Holiday sunshine, the wildflower seeds we sent to every member earlier this Spring are starting to spring up!

Here’s a glimpse from one of our trustees’ gardens:

We support @BucksCouncil proposals for #biodiversity, but we all need to do much more to really make a difference.

We are looking for volunteers to help us save our countryside. For details see our website: http://cprebucks.org.uk

Now lockdown rules are easing, make sure you keep on getting out in the countryside. It's good for you!

Defra-sponsored APHA says the small hive beetle is a serious environmental threat: https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/downloadDocument.cfm?id=17. 🐝

We agree! Sign the petition to reduce the risk of importing this into the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577603

Around 1900, Hilaire Belloc wrote "The love of England has in it the love of landscape, as has the love of no other country". We believe this is still true today. Help us save it!

CPRE is the only countryside charity that works to ensure the built-up environment is used most efficiently to avoid further loss of countryside.

Join us or donate at http://cprebucks.org.uk to help protect our beautiful countryside.

Do you know what your local candidates' positions are on the environment? What have they done to tackle climate change? #BucksElections

We need to rethink town centres in order to protect the countryside from even more development. Help us campaign for some new thinking on the urban strategy by donating!

Every member has been sent a packet of wild flower seeds to help increase biodiversity locally. Every bit helps! #NationalGardeningWeek

Sewage Treatment Works are dumping raw sewage into our precious chalk streams with alarming regularity. We need to fix the infrastructure before building more houses @thameswater @AffinityWater

Happy Earth Day!

About 40% of Bucks is Green Belt, but of all the developments on Green Belt land between 2015/16 and 2019/20, only 10% of these are considered affordable by the government.

Help us to protect our beautiful #GreenBelt portion of Earth for future generations.

Local Elections are happening on 6 May. Ask your local candidates what they are doing to save our countryside. #BucksElections