Exmoor Ponies in Conservation

EPIC has been initiating and supporting equine conservation grazing throughout the UK since 1994. EPIC wrote the first equine welfare code of practice for conservation grazing and obtained national support from equine welfare organisations. EPIC is the equine conservation grazing advocate on the National Equine Welfare Council. Based in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, EPIC continues to manage, for biodiversity, species rich grassland and wetland that has 'dropped out' of production agriculture.

Click here to find out about Myers Allotment, in Silverdale, neglected for thirty years, rescued by equine conservation grazing and now supporting populations of rare northern brown argus and high brown fritillary butterflies.	Click here to read back copies of 'Epicentre' - and on-line magazine detailing some early initiatives in equine conservation grazing.	Click here to see a copy of the EPIC constitution.
Click here for information about worms and worming for native ponies working as equine conservation grazers	Click here for help and advice about handling ponies working as equine conservation grazers	Click here for an assortment of guidelines and recommendations for equine conservation grazing practitioners
EPIC ponies get a round on Silverdale Golf Course.		EPIC ponies receive visitors on Gait Barrows.

Rescued native ponies conservation grazing on National Nature Reserve

World Horse Welfare's Pinkie and Coral were rehomed by EPIC in 2010. The two year old Welsh Section A ponies are being used as part of a vital conservation project in conjunction with Natural England. The Mackintosh's have had the ponies for more than a year and use them as a grazing solution for the Gait Barrows Nature Reserve in Silverdale near where they live. The ponies are used along with the EPIC's Exmoor ponies to help manage the grass on the land as well as support many rare flowers and wildlife. Ponies, in the correct numbers, can be highly beneficial grazing animals as they remove undesirable plants but allow other species to flourish.

World Horse Welfare's Pinkie and Coral were rehomed by EPIC in 2010. The two year old Welsh Section A ponies are being used as part of a vital conservation project in conjunction with Natural England. The Mackintosh's have had the ponies for more than a year and use them as a grazing solution for the Gait Barrows Nature Reserve in Silverdale near where they live.

The ponies are used along with the EPIC's Exmoor ponies to help manage the grass on the land as well as support many rare flowers and wildlife. Ponies, in the correct numbers, can be highly beneficial grazing animals as they remove undesirable plants but allow other species to flourish.

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