that the boundaryis reconsidered as part of a wider five-year review of the park nextyear, so the boundary may yet be extended.The bill for the boundary change was introduced by MSP JohnSwinney to include the town of Blair Atholl and the Spittal ofGlenshee with one

The map showing the official boundaries of Scotland's first evernational park and the extent of the new park authority's powers areto be made public today according to thisstory on the BBC News web site.The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

The great Whinash Wind Farm debate may be ended at a stroke if ifproposals to extend the boundaries of both the Lake District andYorkshire Dales National Parks go ahead.The board of the Countryside Agency agreed to extend theboundaries yesterday

The new Open Access land boundaries will only be shown on the1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey maps and not on the 1,50,000 (pink)Landranger series, which will consequently be less useful to walkerssays the OS.The decision means that walkers

Natural England consultation on the proposals which potentially would see the boundaries of both parks revised to include new areas lying between the two areas.An initial consultation last year found that 'bewteen 68 and 75% of people and organisations

Today's recommendation by Natural England that the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park should be extended to add an additional 162 square miles gets a big thumbs up from the Dales Park Authority.The revised boundaries for the park

to economic pressures and has alsoexpressed unrest at what it calls 'the illogical southern boundary ofthe Park'.Briefly the southern boundary has been moved north from theoriginal and logical border for what the Council says are politicalreasons halving

Natural England, the bulk of the responses submitted arefrom local residents, but obviously the areas have a much wider pulland input is needed to help Natural England reach a final decision onwhether or not to expand the Parks and where the boundaries

to extend both the LakeDistrict and Yorkshire Dales National Parks and urge members to supportan extension of existing Lake District  boundaries to includetwo of the proposed new areas, Helsington Barrows to Sizergh Fell inthe south; and east from Birkbeck

out'.Once these areas have been determined, the boundaries can be shownon maps and open access becomes a reality. Although at present thereseems to be no firm arrangements, it's hard to believe that theOrdnance Survey won't be heavily involved