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Formation 1 January 1946; 71 years ago (1946-01-01) as Yorkshire Naturalists’ Trust Type Registered charity No.210807 Legal status Company limited by guarantee No.409650 Purpose Protecting wildlife and wild places, and educating, influencing and empowering people. | ||
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the traditional county of Yorkshire, England. The Trust is part of the UK-wide partnership of 47 Wildlife Trusts.It was formed in 1946, as the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Trust, essentially to preserve its first nature reserve Askham Bog on the outskirts of York. It now manages more than ninety reserves across the county, including some of the best wildlife sites in the UK. These nature reserves cover the diversity of Yorkshire’s landscape, from woodland to grassland, wetland and moorland, fen and bog, and river and coast. One of the flagship reserves is Potteric Carr, a mixed wetland habitat to the south of Doncaster.
This trust offers a membership card that users can access the below mentioned reserves: