Celebrating 60 years of your Wildlife Trust
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n 1961 the Trust was formed with 335 members and a little over £300 to our name. A lot has changed for wildlife and in the field of conservation in the last 60 years, and so much of what the Trust has achieved is thanks to you - our members and supporters. We share some of the successes, highlights and our vision for the future as we look forward to the next 60 years and beyond.
2011
To celebrate the Trust’s 50th anniversary, staff and volunteers joined Vice President Chris Packham to make a huge 1,370kg seed cake, setting a new Guinness World Record!
1961
1965
The Trust has 1,000 members.
DARRAN JONES
Our first nature reserve was created at Upper Titchfield Haven.
Kingfisher
Our first Island nature reserve was created at Swanpond Copse.
1996
We reached over 10,000 members.
1973
Jim White, the Trust’s first Conservation Officer was employed.
1993
Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve opened by Chris Packham on the site of former working clay pits.
ED MERRITT
1971
Testwood Lakes Education Centre
2003
Testwood Lakes Education Centre opened its doors on the site of a former gravel pit.
2004
2009
The New Forest Non-Native Plants Project was established to stop the spread of invasive non-native plants.
We reached 20,000 members.
1991
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1982
We employed our first Education Officer.
Grazing cattle in Long Valley - part of the MoD estate managed by the Trust.
STEVE BLACKER
DR DAVID WILLIAMMS
Badger at Roydon Woods
Renamed Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and adopted the badger logo, in line with the national movement.
2007
We began working in partnership with the Ministry of Defence to help manage over 3,000 hectares of internationally important landscapes in north and east Hampshire.
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