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This category contains 14 sites:

• Arcadian Archives - Garden magazine covering a wide range of topics but with particular interest in contemporary horticultural writing. Includes much plant advice and descriptions of many gardens in Cumbria. From Janet Queen and Jim Waugh.
• CryptoCumbria - Animal Mysteries in Cumbria. - The website for those with an interest in animal mysteries, and mystery animals, in Cumbria.
• Cumbria Apple Project - A report based on a survey of apple orchards in Cumbria, UK
• Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership - A partnership involving local people, landowners, voluntary organisations, industry, government agencies and local authorities. The aims are to ensure that the great variety of wildlife in Cumbria is sustained and, where possible, enhanced.
• Cumbria County Council's Corporate Environment Unit - A wealth of information on Cumbria's environment, sustainable development, sustainability indicators, Local Agenda 21 and environmental monitoring, reporting, news, events and policy.
• Cumbria RIGS Group - Cumbrian part of a nationally conceived scheme for the conservation of important geological and geomorphological sites.
• Cumbria Wildlife Trust - An organisation whose aims are to protect the wildlife of Cumbria. Today it has about 4000 members and manages around 40 nature reserves.
• Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment - CORE's campaign remit is to cover all aspects of Sellafield's operations including the radioactive sea and air discharges, the resultant contamination of the local environment, and the health detriment to local communities and wildlife.
• Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership - Their role is to raise much needed funds for conservation projects and to raise awarenss amongst visitors of the need to protect the fragile environment of the Lake District.
• Nature Notes from Eden and the Lake District - Weekly nature diary from north Cumbria, Eden Valley and the Lake District.
• Solway Rural Initiative - For information on wildlife, heritage, tourism and landscape in and around the Solway coast and plain.
• South Cumbria Wildlife - News, information and articles concerning wildlife and its conservation in South Cumbria - an area superbly rich in wildlife habitats and species.
• The Limestone Pavements Action Group - Campaigns to protect limestone pavement; works to improve the management of limestone pavement habitat in the UK. INcludes information about their creation and natural history.
• The River Kent - A brief guide by The Environment Agency, to the River Kent, which starts its journey from the hills surrounding Kentmere, then flows for a distance of only 20 miles before entering the sea at the northern end of Morecambe Bay.