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Egg-citing Easter fun at Staffordshire’s country parks

• Families can enjoy a range of Easter activities at Cannock Chase and Chasewater Country Park.

•Events include environmental games, creative crafts and the imaginative “Chase Creatures” experience for children aged 5–12.

• Visitors are encouraged to have fun while respecting the countryside by sticking to paths and protecting wildlife.

Three brown and white cattle grazing in a grassy and wooded area, with one looking straight into the camera.

Cattle return to support conservation at Cannock Chase

• Nine native cows have arrived at Moors Gorse to graze the land.

• Cattle grazing is a natural and sustainable way to help care for internationally important heathland.

• Visitors are being reminded to keep dogs on leads and clear up after them.

Eight people standing in a woodland area, smiling at the camera, wearing green rangers uniform, gardening gloves and hiking boots.

Winter work helps protect and restore Cannock Chase woodland

• Rangers have carried out important winter work on Cannock Chase, including thinning trees to protect veteran oaks and improve woodland health.

• Training programmes and volunteers supported the work, helping people gain skills while improving the landscape.

• Teams are aiming to replant 40 oak trees at Brocton Coppice by the end of the season.

A snake with a dark zig zag pattern on its back looking up from the grass.

Help protect adders and nesting birds this Spring

• Country park visitors are being reminded to stick to paths and keep their dogs on leads to protect wildlife.

• Cannock Chase is one of the region’s most important strongholds for adders, which have declined sharply across the UK.

• Protecting rare species such as adders is a key part of the council’s refreshed Natural Environment Strategy.

groups of people, in hiking gear, walking through the sunny Cannock Chase National Landscape.

Cabinet to discuss new five-year Environmental Action Plan for Staffordshire

• Cabinet will consider a new five-year Environmental Action Plan (2026–2030) next week.

• The plan sets out practical actions to tackle environmental challenges and support economic growth.

• Eight priorities include reducing waste, supporting access to affordable and reliable energy, strengthening resilience to flooding, and supporting biodiversity.

Highways crews in orange high vis uniform working on a road.

Work starts on next stage of Burton cycleway project

• Work has now started on Phase 3/5 of the Borough Road cycleway project in Burton.

• This latest phase will see crews work on Wellington Street and will take around two weeks to complete.

• Work paused for two weeks to allow for repairs on Stapenhill Road without causing excessive disruption.

The Morfe Mill road bridge in Enville, which has just undergone strengthening works.

Bridge strengthening works complete in South Staffordshire

• Strengthening works have been completed on Morfe Mill Bridge in Enville.

• Work included adding a new concrete saddle and parapets and added protections to foundations.

• It is one of over 500 road bridges in Staffordshire estimated to be over 100 years old.

Construction of the Borough Road Cycleway in Burton.

Burton cycleway works passes project milestone

• Phase two of the Borough Road cycleway works is now complete and remains on track for a May finish.

• There will now be a two-week pause on the project to allow for other essential road repairs on Stapenhill Road.

• Work on the cycleway will restart at the beginning of March.