LBAP archive

Our first Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) ended in 2010. The full published version of Nature in the Dales - a biodiversity action plan for the Yorkshire Dales National Park and progress reports from 2005 and 2006/07 can be downloaded using the following links:

Nature in the Dales annual progress reports

• LBAP Annual Report 2005

• LBAP Annual Report 2006/07

Nature in the Dales biodiversity action plan documents

Biodiversity Action Plan Foreword

Biodiversity Action Plan Contents

A. Background

B. THE HABITATS

B2. Limestone Country

• Small Base-rich Wetlands Habitat Action Plan

• Limestone Pavement Habitat Action Plan

• Calcareous Grassland Habitat Action Plan

• Lime-rich Natural Lakes Habitat Action Plan

• Limestone Rock Outcrops, Cliffs & Scree Habitat Action Plan

• Caves Habitat Action Plan

• Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pasture Habitat Action Plan

• Limestone Quarries Habitat Statement

B3. Moorland & Moorland Fringe

• Small Upland Wetlands Habitat Action Plan

• Upland Heath Habitat Action Plan

• Blanket & Raised Bog Habitat Action Plan

• Upland Wet Acidic Grassland Habitat Action Plan

• Acidic Tarns Habitat Statement

• Reservoirs Habitat Statement

• Mining Spoil Habitat Statement

• Mines Habitat Statement

• Acidic Rock Outcrops, Cliffs & Scree Habitat Statement

• Gritstone Quarries Habitat Statement

• Upland Dry Acidic Grassland Habitat Statement

• Bracken Habitat Statement

B4. Dales

• Upland Hay Meadows Habitat Action Plan

• Lowland Hay Meadows and Pastures Habitat Action Plan

• Small Dales Wetlands Habitat Action Plan

• Dales Lakes and Ponds Habitat Action Plan

• Hedgerows Habitat Action Plan

• Improved Grassland Habitat Statement

• Arable Land Habitat Statement

B5. Woodland & Scrub

• Upland Mixed Ashwoods Habitat action Plan

• Wet Woods Action Habitat Action Plan

• Upland Oakwoods Habitat Action Plan

• Scrub Habitat Action Plan

• Other Semi-natural Ancient Woodland Habitat Action Plan

• Wood Pasture and Parkland Habitat Statement

• Non-native Broad-leaved and Mixed Plantations Habitat Statement

• Coniferous Plantations Habitat Statement

B6. Rivers & Streams

• Rivers and Streams Habitat Action Plan

B7. Built Environment

• Road & Rail Verges Habitat Action Plan

• Buildings Habitat Statement

• Drystone Walls Habitat Statement

C. THE SPECIES

C1. Higher plants

• Alchemilla minima Species Statement

• English Sandwort Species Action Plan

• Prickly Sedge Species Action Plan

• Lady's-slipper Orchid Species Action Plan

• Yellow Marsh Saxifrage Species Action Plan

• Juniper Species Action Plan

C2. Invertebrates

• Northern Brown Argus Species Action Plan

• Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Species Action Plan

• White-Clawed Crayfish Species Action Plan

• Vertigo alpestris & Vertigo pusilla Species Action Plan

C3. Birds

• Eurasian Wigeon Species Action Plan

• Hen Harrier Species Action Plan

• Northern Goshawk Species Action Plan

• Peregrine Falcon Species Action Plan

• Black Grouse Species Action Plan

• Northern Lapwing Species Action Plan

• Yellow Wagtail Species Action Plan

C4. Mammals

• Red Squirrel Species Action Plan

• Bats Species Action Plan

C5. Lower plants

• Nowell’s Limestone Moss Species Action Plan

• Yorkshire Feather Moss Species Action Plan

D. Raising Awareness & Community Involvement Action Plan

• Appendices