November 2024 Newsletter Bird Survey Our Committee Member, Nick Hunt (the only member of our committee who actually lives on the Moor), is particularly keen that we should monitor its flora and fauna, so that we may be able to detect changes over time (as the result...
Restoring the Steps at Rocky Valley Jacob’s Ladder Did you know that the steps up from the Rocky Valley onto the Dick Hudson’s Path over the Moor are known as ‘Jacob’s Ladder? Well I didn’t and I have lived in Ilkley and been involved with the Moor for about 45 years....
National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant We are delighted to inform our members that The Friends of Ilkley Moor have been awarded a £64,000 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This substantial grant will help us conserve the heritage of Ilkley Moor and provide...
November Newsletter – On being useful We have long taken pride in the fact that FoIM is probably the biggest and best supported ‘Friends’ organisation in the area. Quite how this came about is something of a mystery to me, but it does mean that we are well...
October Newsletter – Flailbot Bracken control has always been in the forefront of our thoughts. Concern about bracken was the primary reason for the foundation of FoIM, but as members will know, it is an extremely hardy plant and control is very very difficult....
