PARKS
Conservation club
Ealing has long been called ‘queen of the suburbs’ –
not least
lea because of its tree-lined streets and many
parks. It is also, however, home to four significant
natu conservation sites and some of London’s
nature
n
finest
old meadows. Neelum Bains reports.
T
hese precious parts
of our borough
are all cared for by
Ealing Council’s team
of p
park rangers and volunteers.
Cou you help?
Could
Jam Morton is one of the
James
borough seven rangers, and
borough’s
persona looks after around 20
personally
parks. H
He said: “A large strand of
my wor
work is nature conservation –
manag
managing
and improving parks as
wildlife habitat.
als spend a lot of time
“I also
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around ealing
Autumn 2016
James Morton
working on interaction between
communities and open space. We’ve
been doing some great project work
in partnership with residents recently
and it’s enormously satisfying when
people stop me on my bike to tell
me about the positive changes they
have noticed.”
If you would like to find out more
about volunteering to help the
park rangers, see the box on this page.
To read a longer interview with James,
visit ealingnewsextra.co.uk/features