26th April 2009, 12:31 AM
Its an interesting situation really - the NT have an equal heritage and nature conservation role, and juggling the two can't be easy. The RSPB exists just to look after the birdies (even the seagulls that crapped on me earlier? - hope not), but have accepted the fact that they do have a stewardship responsibility for the historic environment of the resrves they own - they seem to have the problem (according to an RSPB officer I once spoke to) that a lot of their funding is awarded with conditions attached so that it can only be spent on the nature stuff. Good luck to the person who's appointed - quite a challenging job, I think.
There can't be many public-sector and charity landowning organisations of any size left that don't have their own embedded archaeologist(s)? Wonder how many will survive if the Tories win the next election, and are egged on by their propaganda ministry (the Daily Mail) to start the great public-sector job massacre?
There can't be many public-sector and charity landowning organisations of any size left that don't have their own embedded archaeologist(s)? Wonder how many will survive if the Tories win the next election, and are egged on by their propaganda ministry (the Daily Mail) to start the great public-sector job massacre?