Malham Cove - Environmental Stewardship

Question 1

Stewardship strategies eg farmers in Malham agree not to

Answer 1

Use fertalizers, pesticides
Overstock their land
Graze animals on meadows after May
Fill in Grykes

Question 2

Stewardship strategies farmers in Malham agree to

Answer 2

• Maintain dry stone walls
• Reduce levels of sheep stock on areas of limestone pavement
• Cut their meadows late for hay rather than silage to encourage meadows to develop

Question 3

Ways that farmers are diversifying

Answer 3

Providing speciality products eg dales lamb

Local farm shops

Question 4

Pressures on farming in dales

Answer 4

Tourism 
Out migration of young people 
National and EU policies (cap) 
Intensification
Increase in part time and seasonal farm work