Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Our wildlife landscapes must be saved.(News)

Byline: By Sally Williams Western Mail

Beautiful Welsh landscapes - including this one pictured in the heart of Thomas Jones Country in Powys - are under threat unless the Government pumps more money into wildlife-friendly farming.

That was the feeling shared at a farm walk around land at Tyn Coed, near Newbridge on Wye, the inspiration for a number of classic paintings by the Welsh artist Thomas Jones (1742-1803), who lived at Pencerrig and is buried at a chapel in Llandrindod Wells.

But as walkers viewed the stunning, rolling green hills and well-established trees with leaves turning gold as the autumn mists lifted, they wondered whether the days of such perfect landscapes across Wales were numbered. …

Our wildlife landscapes must be saved.(News)

Byline: By Sally Williams Western Mail

Beautiful Welsh landscapes - including this one pictured in the heart of Thomas Jones Country in Powys - are under threat unless the Government pumps more money into wildlife-friendly farming.

That was the feeling shared at a farm walk around land at Tyn Coed, near Newbridge on Wye, the inspiration for a number of classic paintings by the Welsh artist Thomas Jones (1742-1803), who lived at Pencerrig and is buried at a chapel in Llandrindod Wells.

But as walkers viewed the stunning, rolling green hills and well-established trees with leaves turning gold as the autumn mists lifted, they wondered whether the days of such perfect landscapes across Wales were numbered. …

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