Message from Sue Hackett, Ruyton XI Towns Parish Clerk.
From: npms <npms@plantlife.org.uk>
Date: 4 July 2017 at 19:32:15 CEST
To: "ruytonxitownspc@btinternet.com" <ruytonxitownspc@btinternet.com>
Subject: National Plant Monitoring Scheme - 2017 update
Dear Clerk,
A big thank you:
The third season of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme is well underway with volunteers up and down the country going out to visit their squares. A huge thank you to everyone who helped to promote the NPMS over the past two years, we now have over 1100 volunteers taking part as well as a network of 20 NPMS Mentors. Lots of our volunteers report having heard about the scheme via their parish council so we are very grateful for your hard work.
Results from 2016:
Our latest newsletter is available: http://www.npms.org.uk/sites/www.npms.org.uk/files/newsletters/NPMS_%20Newsletter_Spring2017_FINAL_v2_0.pdf
The NPMS dataset is freely available via the NBN Atlas.
More help please:
There are still lots of squares available for surveying so we would be hugely grateful if you can use your communication channels to promote the scheme again. The live map on the NPMS website shows the squares that are available: http://www.npms.org.uk/square-near-me-public?dynamic-return_all_squares=true
We particularly need to promote the scheme in remote areas, so if you know any groups that like to spend time in remote places then please do pass the message on.
A reminder of who we are and what we need:
This scheme is a partnership between Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI); JNCC; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and Plantlife and is backed by the government. The scheme will recruit and support volunteers to survey 5 plots in a kilometre square close to where they live. The plots will be surveyed twice a year. The kilometre squares to monitor have been identified by stratified random sampling. The plants have been chosen as indicators of the health of individual habitats. There are 3 levels volunteers can participate at depending on confidence and knowledge and support will be provided both through training; web and telephone.
Once again thank you for your continued support, if you have any questions then please do get in touch.
Best wishes
Hayley
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Hayley New
NPMS Volunteer Coordinator
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