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STEWARDSHIP
Improving the environment
By making country parks we can turn waste ground into places where many species can thrive. It is one example of many ways in which we can be more considerate for other living things while enjoying the world ourselves.
If we want to improve the world for ourselves, we do not have to destroy the world for other living things. Stewardship is possible in almost every case, from a motorway to a gravel pit.
In towns and countryside there are many areas of wasteland. They may be old factory sites, coal mines or gravel pits, for example. Once they are abandoned, a few species survive, but by making careful
changes, these areas can teem with wildlife. All that is needed is to understand what homes (habitats) wildlife needs.
Designing a country park
Most of us have a country park nearby. Nearly all of them are on reclaimed land
  The plan of a simple country park based on an abandoned area of coal mining or disused gravel pits.
Farmland
Wilderness lake
Area where access is deliberately poor
Fishing lake
Boating lake
Car park
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Area where access is easy