The Team
Chris Short (Chairman)
Reader in Environmental Governance at the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) in the University of Gloucestershire, who has been undertaking research on common land since the 1990s;
Robin Milton - Upland Policy Lead
Hill Farmer in Exmoor and Chair of Exmoor National Park Authority. Deputy Chair of the Uplands Alliance and previously NFU Uplands Spokesman.
Layland Branfield
Hill farmer in Dartmoor, has sat on the NFU Uplands Committee and is heavily involved on The Dartmoor Defra Test and Trial.
Jim Bailey
Jim Chairs the North York Moors National Park Authority; he is a family man, farmer and countryman running a mixed farm including common grazing on the southern side of North York Moors.
Jenny Phelps
Conservation Advisor for FWAG in Gloucestershire with significant experience in pulling together and managing complex multi outcome conservation projects, many on commons. Awarded an MBE for this work
Harriet Fraser
Harriet is a writer and poet focusing on the relationship between landscape, nature and farming. She has worked with many commoners through projects in the Lake District, Yorkshire and Dartmoor.