THE Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group in North Yorkshire, in association with Target Training, invites moorland owners, managers and advisers to a heather restoration workshop on Thursday evening.

The workshop, at 6pm at Coppergill Moor, Hebden, Grassington, Skipton by courtesy of Mr Tim Hare, aims to review the current knowledge and thinking on the best ways to re-establish heather where it has been lost. It will also discuss experience to date and problems encountered, giving guidance for future work.

A range of different sites will be inspected and presentations will be given by leading specialists in the subject including Geoff Eyre, agronomist with William Eyre and Sons in Derbyshire, andMatt Dinsdale, of Dinsdale Moorland Service