SITE MANAGEMENT

The Countryside Section directly manages countryside sites owned by the authority and covers practical countryside issues across the Island. It provides advice, carries out monitoring and liaises with landowners and interest groups.

All of these are well used by visitors, and work related to visitor management is particularly important here. This includes clearing litter, improving access, providing and maintaining barbeque facilities and provision of dog bins.

The Countryside Section has a history of working directly and indirectly on land in private ownership where public benefit can be obtained, usually by public access. Although this is now a smaller part of the work than it was in the past, there are still important responsibilities towards non-council bodies for continued advice, assistance and sometimes practical labour.