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Trustees for Nature
A Memoir of the conservation movement in Lincolnshire and the UK
By Ted Smith, President, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
"A very important document in the history of conservation in this country."Sir David Attenborough
Ted Smith is one of the great pioneers of nature conservation. His memoir "Trustees for Nature" is an intimate personal account of events and developments in wildlife conservation, against the background of Ted's own life, family and home.
"Trustees for Nature" describes the foundation and development of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, including the acquisition and management of a hundred nature reserves across the historic county's varied landscape. The Trust's progress is traced in the context of far reaching changes in national land use policies and practices over more than fifty years.
Also described is the rapid growth nationwide of the County Wildlife Trusts' movement in the late 1950s and in the 1960s, and the conversion of the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves into a national association, now the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts - in all of which Ted played a leading role.
Trustees for Nature
- Hardback
- 384 pages illustrated with over 330 photographs and line drawings
- Forward by Sir David Attenborough
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Nature in Trust & An Eye for the Country
For the first time, two films made in 1967 and 1972 have been brought together and are available to buy on one DVD
The films chart the changing landscape and wildlife of the county and the work of the Trust.
"These films provide a fascinating insight into the pioneering work of the Wildlife Trust and provoke thought about the changes that will occur over the next 40 years and how we can manage the whole landscape as a living landscape with space for wildlife and people."Paul Learoyd, Chief Executive, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Nature in Trust (1967)
Man has been changing the countryside for thousands of years but in the 1960s it was changing as never before. This film looks at the work of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in its early days.
- 1967
- 35 minutes
- Director/photography - Robin Crane
- Written and presented by Ted Smith
An Eye for the Country (1972)
The changing scene of the Lincolnshire countryside is seen through the eyes of Donna, a primary school girl, and Bob Stanton, an efficient farmer who establishes a nature conservation project on his farm.
- 1972
- 28 minutes
- Director/photography - Robin Crane
- Award - Diploma of Merit, 8th International Film Festival, Berlin 1974
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