“Of late, conservation has become a word almost as dirty as the fetid waters turning farms into lakes and devastating treasured homes.

The notion that protecting the countryside’s wild inhabitants has been done at the expense of people is gathering the same forceful momentum as the Somerset Level’s raging rivers.

Hopefully, the constructive work of the task force made up of farmers, central and local government agencies along with conservation bodies, and which is looking to deliver a vision of the Levels in 2030, will protect this historic working wilderness for all those who have it in their blood or have been enchanted by its beauty.”

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AUTHOR: Stuart Winter

SOURCE: Express