Pine Martens Bounce Back

Pine Martens Bounce Back: the Two Moors Pine Marten project

Join us at the Gallery @ Paradiso for a fascinating talk followed by a Q&A session with Martin Prothero from  Devon Wildlife Trust  to find out more about Pine Martens Bounce Back: the Two Moors Pine Marten project.

Shy, curious and playful. The pine marten is a stealthy, acrobatic hunter that relies on the cover of woods and trees for its foraging missions. It was once a fundamental part of our woodlands, but it is now critically endangered in England and Wales and completely extinct on the south west peninsula. As a result, we have lost a beautiful, fascinating wild creature that plays a key role in our woodland natural processes. Until now...

Pine Martens Bounce Back: the Two Moors Pine Marten project is reintroducing pine marten populations in Dartmoor and Exmoor to restore this missing link in our woodland environment and to help people live alongside these amazing animals once more. The first translocations have taken place and pine martens are now living wild on Dartmoor for the first time in 150 years.
Catch up with the story so far — and watch the first pine marten take its first step into the woodlands of Dartmoor in 150 years.

This  project is led by Devon Wildlife Trust and is a partnership between seven conservation organisations: Dartmoor National Park Authority, Devon Wildlife Trust, Exmoor National Park Authority, Forestry England, National Trust, Somerset Wildlife Trust and Woodland Trust. The project is made possible with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and with thanks to the National Lottery players. 

More information about the Two Moors Pine Marten Project here.

Reserve your place at this fascinating, not to be missed event. Doors will open at 19.00 for a 19.30 start. There will be a licensed bar service during the evening.

Tickets are £1 each (non-refundable) to reserve a place but  donations to the Bovey Paradiso Arts project would be welcome on the night. 

Picture credit: Mark Hamblin/2020VISION