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There is a fair bit of tree felling going on at Curbar at the mo, as part of the Eastern Moors Partnership's work to open up the woodland a bit, encourage a mosaic of habitats, and make the crags a bit more visible in the landscape again.

It shouldn't effect the climbs on the crag too much, as most of the work is on the slopes below, but there might be some felled wood around the boulders. If it looks a mess, be assured its all in a good cause. There will be a work meet in early March if anyone wants to lend a hand.

In a similar vein, BMC volunteers are continuing to work with the EMP on managing the landing under the Trackside boulder. Whilst the landing under the boulder has stabilised well, the path is rather churned up at the mo. We are getting some more hardcore delivered soon and will be having another work day (probably a Saturday morning) in the next few weeks. Hopefully that will be enough to sort things out. It will take a couple of years for the vegetation to recover and come back in, so don't expect miracles, but again the objective is a more sustainable solution in the long term.

In reply to Adam Long:

That is EMP being the Eastern Moors Partnership as they proved more effective than an Elecro-Magnetic Pulse

http://www.easternmoors.org.uk/

A really good looking plan IMHO. The crags should be much more open when this is finished and birch pruning to climb a route without a fight should be a much less common requirement.

Plans also reported to be in place (subject to consultaion) for other EMP crags including Gardom's.

In reply to Offwidth:
Thanks for that, might not have picked it up ... although Adam did say "Eastern Moors Partnership" in the first line of his post.
As you know, half the population is below average intelligence - can't be too careful.
Steve

In reply to Adam Long:

Agree, management plan looks great. Gardom's isn't within the EMP area though unfortunately, so any tree clearance there would need to be done with the owners - Chatsworth estate.

In reply to Adam Long: There goes a badly told joke and a genuine memory lapse. Profuse apologies if needed. My main purpose was to get the web page up and be happy about Curbar.