A living legacy
Herefordshire is a county of great beauty encompassing a rich inheritance of habitats and species. Several of the county’s rivers are of international importance supporting otters, kingfishers, pearl mussels and stone flies. Many rare species of butterfly are found including high brown fritillary and pearl bordered fritillary. Our woodlands are strongholds nationally for the dormouse and our parklands are nationally famous for invertebrates. The Lugg Meadows are nationally renowned as the largest area of Lammas Meadow in the country with rare snakeshead fritillary and narrow-leaved water dropwort flowers.
All of this natural beauty is under threat. It is important we act now to protect what remains for future generations.
Why make a will?
Making a will is the best way of ensuring that your assets are left to those who you wish to benefit – your family, loved ones and friends. It could also help to ensure the future of causes you care about.We cannot live forever, but it is hoped that the beauty of the countryside and wildlife can.
Ensuring that our children can grow up in this beautiful world and enjoy the wonders of nature is one of the best legacies you can leave.
Herefordshire Nature Trust looks after our wildlife heritage in many, varied ways. To do so effectively we need money to purchase threatened sites of specific interest, containing threatened species or rare habitats and to effectively manage these sites as nature reserves for both ourselves and, equally importantly, for future generations. With your help we can continue to manage wildlife habitats such as woodland, herb-rich meadows, to protect water voles, dormice, barn owls, rare butterflies, otters, orchids, and a host of other flora and fauna under threat.
How to make your will
It is not difficult and need not be
expensive to make a will. Herefordshire Nature Trust has
produced a booklet "Your
Living Legacy: The Importance of Leaving a Will" which
is available, free of charge, from the Trust. It will help
you to think
about
your wishes for the future, so that when you consult a solicitor
you will have prepared your thoughts – thus
saving you time and loved ones, helping to ensure that the wildlife within
Herefordshire is conserved for future generations is one
of the most important
decisions you can make.