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Your chance to comment on Herefordshire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is now here!

Herefordshire’s new proposed Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) has been developed in partnership by residents, environmental groups, landowners, farmers, charities, Herefordshire Council and others – including us here at Herefordshire Biological Records Centre. People emphasised that safeguarding the county’s rivers, woodlands, hedgerows and wildlife is a priority.

The LNRS has now been launched for public consultation. It’s a major new plan incorporating:

• 15 habitat priorities designed to protect, enhance and reconnect the landscapes, habitats and species that make Herefordshire special
• Almost 100 potential opportunities to boost biodiversity and restore natural assets across Herefordshire’s 200,000 hectares
• An interactive online map allows people to zoom in on 42 potential habitat measure and 12 supporting actions, plus 43 potential species measures

The LNRS is not a list of mandatory schemes. Instead it outlines a menu of voluntary ideas and suggestions, alongside existing nature reserves, wildlife sites and unique habitats, that residents, farmers and all types of landowners can choose to pursue with support from the council and partners.

This consultation asks you to comment on the proposals and sites identified with potential to create healthier habitats, cleaner watercourses, richer wildlife and more resilient ecosystems, and also asks for any further ideas or suggestions for suitable sites.

To respond to the consultation, just go to https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/consultations/2026/february/restoring-and-protecting-nature-across-herefordshire-consultation/. The deadline for responses is Sunday 22 March.