A second update on developments in the Porter Valley, as lockdown measures are slightly eased. In this letter I have some good and not so good! The good new...

I hope you and your families and friends are all coping in these strange constrained times.  The Porter Valley has been a lifeline for us and I have made the...

Thank you to those of you who came to Forge Dam this morning in bright but cold conditions. Unusually it wasn't raining and the conditions were pleasant for w...

Hi Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks for coming to help at this weeks work morning at Forge Dam. Park Rangers Nell and Grahame provided tools and expert...

Hi Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks for your splendid efforts today. A great turnout of 22 volunteers. Luckily it stayed dry. We joined forces with Andy...

Hi Fopv volunteers, Many thanks to all who came to Forge Dam this morning in cold wintry conditions. Luckily the weather improved during the morning. We t...

Happy New Year all conservation volunteers! What a turn out this blustery sunny winter morning! 19 of us plus our Ranger James Smith whose attendance sheet ...

Season's Greetings to FoPV conservation volunteers, Thank you for coming to Forge Dam this morning to prepare for tomorrow's Christmas Fair. A large number o...

Hello Conservation Volunteers, Thank you for those sixteen volunteers who came to Forge Dam this morning in very damp conditions. Very useful tasks were carr...

Hi Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks for turning up this morning in rather dismal weather and reducing temperatures and increasing rainfall. It was the f...

In 1993 Forge Dam Playground received a full facelift. The money for this was raised by local fundraising Fast forward 26 years and with a couple of changes ...

Hello Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks to those of you who came to Forge Dam yesterday and enjoyed generally pleasant weather for a change. We did some h...

Hi Conservation volunteers, A very very wet morning!! We welcomed around 15 volunteers from DWP at Shepherd Wheel. However, it was raining so hard that the ...

Hi Conservation Volunteers, A fantastic turnout today in fair weather. We were 33 in total, boosted by a large contingent from the Department of Work and Pe...

18 of us turned out this scorcher of a morning to tidy up Endcliffe Park. It wasn’t quite as litter ridden as we had expected ..... either there had been a ...

Hello Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks to all those who came down to Forge Dam last Thursday to help out at the work day. We welcomed groups from DWP, th...

Hello Conservation Volunteers, Many thanks to those of you who came to Forge Dam this morning. More progress was made on eliminating Himalayan Balsam in the...

Hello Conservation Volunteers, Well done to the plucky volunteers who came this morning to Forge Dam in the pouring rain. Fifteen of us in all, including Sar...

Thank you to the dedicated band supported by Chris Roberts on today’s workday. The first task was to remove part of a large fallen tree blocking the footpath...

THANKYOU all 16 who came to Forge Dam! And it was great to meet Barbara Masters, recently appointed Councillor for Ecclesall ward joining us in the clearanc...