Trust
Milestones: The First 20 Years
| 1962 |
Lancashire
Naturalists' Trust established on 1st August |
| 1963 |
South
Walney Island nature reserve. (The site was
transferred to the new Cumbria Wildlife Trust
in 1974 as a result of local government boundary
changes.) |
| 1965 | 90
members | | 1967 | Regional
Committees established
Annual turnover £217 |
| 1968 | Lytham
St. Anne's LNR set up at LNT instigation | | 1970 | North
West Biological Field Data Bank started
Trust has 366 members |
| 1973 | Administrative
Officer appointed | | 1974 | 'Lapwing'
launched
Interpretive Project started | | 1978 | First
local group started - in Southport | | 1979 | Ted
Jackson becomes Chairman
Over 1600 members |
| 1980 | First
part of Mere Sands Wood handed
to Trust
David Bellamy pays his first visit to the Trust
New name
- Lancashire Trust for Nature Conservation |
| 1982 | Rest
of Mere Sands Wood acquired
Astley Moss Reserve
21 year
lease
12 Trust Nature Reserves | Trust
Milestones: The Last 20 Years
| 1983 | Devlopment
Officer apponted | | 1984 | Cuerden
Office established
Warton Crag
reserve brought into management
Seaforth
reserve licence agreed | | 1985 | Red
Scar reserve purchased (2nd Trust-owned site)
First Director appointed
First MSC staff appointed
Visit of Sir David Attenborough on 6th November
First Five Year Plan 1985-1990 | | 1986 | Conservation
Officer and Urban Wildlife Officer
Finance Officer seconded from TSB
MSC
team expanded from 4 to 22
Astley
Moss reserve purchased
2000 members |
| 1988 | Bolton
Wildlife Project started | | 1991 | Visit
by HRH The Prince of Wales, June 7th | | 1992 | Trust
appointed manager of Cuerden
Valley Park
New Name - Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Biological
Heritage Site Project started in Lancashire |
| 1993 | New
visitor centre at Mere Sands Wood |
| 1994 | Penwortham
Education Centre started | | 1995 | Red
Moss, Horwich saved from development | | 1996 | Seaforth
Visitor Centre opened
More than 260 owners and managers of BHS contracted |
| 1999 | Trust
designated National Qualification Training Centre |
| 2000 | English
Nature Awards for MSW and
Salthill Quarry |
| 2001 |
Biodiversity
Action Plans (BAPS) for Lancashire and north Merseyside published
34
Nature Reserves
Over 1000 Watch Club Members
Turnover
2001-2002 £1.5 million
| | 2002 |
New
HQ started with Heritage Lottery Fund grant of
£1.7m
Business Plan 2002-2005
agreed
8000 Trust members |
| 2003 | New
HQ opened in October by David Bellamy | | 2005 | Construction
of Bolton Environment Resource Centre began |
| 2006 | Trusts
HQ (The Barn) was granted award-winning Eco-Centre status by ENCAMS |
Recent
Achievements Purchase
of Freshfield Dune Heath,
Merseyside Purchase
of Heysham Moss, Lancashire 'Access
for All' project completed at Mere
Sands Wood (MSW) Completion
of 5yr 'Heritage Reserves' project undertaking major capital works on 9 nature
reserves New
Deal Environment Task Force gained 56% success in long-term job placement. 16%
increase in bookings at the Penwortham
Environment Education
Centre Education for a Greener Future
doubled schools visited with their waste minimisation message 'Seasons
in the Wood' project completed at MSW
Red
Squirrel refuge and buffer zone launched at Sefton, Merseyside Purchase
of extension to Astley Moss Nature
Reserve Awards
Received 2005/06
British Trust for Ornithology, Hanson Business Bird Challenge Community Award
at Heysham Nature Reserve,
in conjunction with British Energy Red
Rose Award for 'Best waste minimisation project in Lancashire' Royal
Horticultural Society 'Conservation and Environment' Award with friends of Ball
Grove, Colne Three
'Volunteer of the Year' awards for Impact and Commitment at Wigan and Blackburn
The
Charter Award for Productive
Landscapes in Preston | 
