{"id":194000,"date":"2025-12-20T22:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194000\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:17:11","slug":"hadrians-wall-area-ranger-to-help-restore-natural-habitats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194000\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadrian&#8217;s Wall area ranger to help restore natural habitats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federica BedendoNorth East and Cumbria<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766134271_510_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/63d2fb00-dbff-11f0-b614-356ecea7db44.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Adam Ormston\/NNPA Jonny Snape, nature recovery ranger, and Matthew Squires, from The Squires Foundation. They are outdoors in an area of open countryside, with a lake in the background. They are both leaning on a gate or fence and smiling at the camera. Mr Snape is wearing a dark outdoor jacket, he has long blond curly hair tied back and a short beard. Mr Squires is bald with a trimmed brown beard. He is wearing a grey jumper.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Adam Ormston\/NNPA<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Snape will be in the role funded with help from The Squires Foundation for three years<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A new ranger will help restore natural habitats in a national park by training volunteers to help in conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The move by Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA) will see community groups working to collect data on wildlife and habitats along the Hadrian&#8217;s Wall area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They will put together recovery plans, promote biodiversity and share the benefits of nature-based land management with residents and visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Jonny Snape, a former trail ranger on the Hadrian&#8217;s Wall National Trail who has been appointed to the role for three years said it had &#8220;opened my eyes to the bigger picture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Remains of Hadrian&#8217;s Wall, a Roman fortification, span from the Solway Firth in Cumbria to Wallsend in North Tyneside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The role was funded with help from a \u00a382,500 donation from The Squires Foundation, a Tyneside-based charity supporting environmental initiatives and helping disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The nature recovery ranger said: &#8220;This role has opened my eyes to the bigger picture of conservation &#8211; from practical skills like flood management and habitat restoration to working closely with farmers, landowners and partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766134271_510_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/966a55e0-dbff-11f0-b614-356ecea7db44.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A cream and green Northumberland National Park: Please close the gate sign is nailed to a wooden gate. Lush, green fields stretch out behind it.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Northumberland National Park Authority looks after the area around Hadrian&#8217;s Wall, which is rich in Roman history<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Christine Venus, a director at NNPA said the move was an investment in &#8220;both biodiversity and people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;This role will help us deepen our work with communities, gather robust evidence on nature recovery and bring the story of this landscape to life for thousands of people,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Matthew Squires, secretary at the Squires Foundation, said the nature recovery ranger combined  &#8220;conservation with education and inclusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The role will help create a healthier natural environment and a stronger connection between people and place,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federica BedendoNorth East and Cumbria Adam Ormston\/NNPA Jonny Snape will be in the role funded with help from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-194000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}