Dartmoor Training Area
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Integrated Land Management Plan (ILMP)
Environmental
Management
System
(EMS)
Integrated Land Management Plan (ILMP)
Nature Conservation
Dartmoor supports a rich mosaic of national and internatiionally important habitats and species. Parts of Okehampton, Willsworthy and Merrivale Training areas fall within the North Dartmoor Site of Special Scientific Interest, which contains one of the largest areas of upland semi-natural habitat in southern Britain. It includes Black Tor Copse, which is of national importance for lichens, and Black Ridge Brook, which is of national geological importance. North Dartmoor Site of Special Scientific Interest is also a component of the Dartmoor Special Area of Conservation.
Cramber and Ringmoor lie adjacent to the South Dartmoor Site of Special Scientific Interest and Dartmoor Special Area of Conservation. This Site of Special Scientific Interest contains the most extensive areas of blanket bog, mixed valley mire and unimproved acidic grassland/heathland mosaic in southern England.
