Lee Schofield: “The Lake District could be so much richer”
THE LAKE DISTRICT might be a paradise for walkers, but some conservationists view it very differently. Campaigner George Monbiot, for example, famously described it as overgrazed and ‘sheepwrecked’.
Lee Schofield became the site manager for RSPB Haweswater in 2013, shortly before England’s last, lonely golden eagle disappeared from the Lakes. He’s spent the past decade restoring nature on two RSPB-tenanted upland farms, in partnership with the landowner, water company United Utilities.
