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 Countryside Ranger ServiceWest Lothian's Ranger Service has bases at Almondell & Calderwood Country Park, Beecraigs Country Park and Polkemmet Country Park. The Ranger Service is partly grant funded by Scottish Natural Heritage. Contact details for the Ranger Service are:- Almondell & Calderwood Ranger base - Tel: 01506 882254 E-mail: almondell&calderwood@westlothian.gov.uk Beecraigs Ranger base - Tel: 01506 844516 E-mail: mail@beecraigs.com Livingston Area Ranger - Tel: 07771 911108 E-mail: hugh.ilgunas@westlothian.gov.uk Polkemmet Ranger base - Tel: 01501 743905 E-mail: polkemmet@westlothian.gov.uk |
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The Service will help you to both enjoy your visit and understand the needs of the countryside. Tasks performed by the Ranger team are varied. Encouraging and assisting visitors to West Lothian's countryside, monitoring and maintaining access routes for walkers, cyclists and horse riders, providing interpretative facilities, leading public events, talks and children's activities, working with volunteers, regular patrols of some 730 hectares of countryside, and co-ordinating conservation works are just some of their many duties. Together with the rest of the Countryside Section staff, they provide invaluable skills, expertise and experience in the management of West Lothian's countryside. The Ranger Service offers environmental education to primary and secondary schools, nurseries and colleges. A broad range of natural history and environmental study is covered and is seen as complementary to the work of the teacher. If you are interested in this aspect of their Service, it is advised that bookings are made well in advance due to demand. There are charges for some groups and activities. Aged between 8 and 12 years, interested in nature and wildlife, and enjoy having fun out of doors? Then you may want to join the "Look Group" at Almondell & Calderwood Country Park (contact the Rangers at the Almondell & Calderwood base). If you live in the Livingston area, a similar group called the "Young Naturalists" meet and further information can be obtained by contacting the Livingston Area Ranger. At Beecraigs Country Park, the "Ecomaniacs" meet and further information can be obtained from the Beecraigs Ranger base. The "Livingston Midweek Naturalist Group" is also run by the Ranger Service and meet around the first Wednesday of each month to explore and learn about the countryside. This group is for adults and further information can be obtained from the Livingston Area Ranger. Got a question for or need some advice from the Ranger Service,then please do get in touch and the Rangers will do their best to help. The outdoor activity facility is open at Beecraigs and available for hire. The facility aims to encourage greater participation in outdoor activities and use of the countryside by schools and the wider community - find out more |
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Tel: 01506 844516 Fax: 01506 846256 |
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