July 2013

National Park Authority secures the future of Adelina’s special tree

Work has been carried out to preserve a near century-old tree in Craig-y-nos Country Park hand-planted by the opera diva Adelina Patti.

A sister’s journey - National Park Authority Wardens take a sister to Canadian airman brother’s final resting place

Wardens from Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority have helped a Canadian sister make the final part of her cross-Atlantic pilgrimage. Phyllis Burns was making an emotional visit to the remote airplane crash site on the Black Mountain where her brother died nearly seven decades ago.

National Park Authority meeting goes interactive with new web chat

Residents in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park are to be offered an innovative new way to make their own comments about the impact of visitors on the National Park’s landscape. Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority is to use a new web chat on its webcasting microsite to allow viewers to comment…

Chairman makes it a hat-trick as she is unanimously re-elected to Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority

Mrs Julie James has been unanimously re-elected as Chairman of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority for the third year running. Cllr Geraint Hopkins, a Powys County Council Member, has been unanimously re-elected as Deputy Chairman.