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Great Fen

	United Kingdom  2004/2005-On
Number of artists	25 - 30
Book	'The Great Fen, A Piece of Art' (Working Title)
Publisher	The Wildlife Art Gallery / W.T.
Documentary	VHS/DVD 10 and 35 minutes
Partners	Wildlife Trust, see www.greatfen.org.uk
Effects in project area	"The fact of the Artists for Nature Foundation having decided to make the Great Fen one of their subjects has been really effective in the development of the Great Fen. The related press coverage, exhibitions and magnificent book have all helped to create new audiences for a project that goes beyond restoring the ecological importance of the area. Our having shown how inspiring the area can be to artists has also led to the offer of funding for a musical composition to celebrate the area. The ANF contribution was certainly an important factor that led to the Heritage Lottery Fund awarding its largest grant for an ecological project in England, because it demonstrated how outward-looking the project is." Nicholas Hammond Director, Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire

Great Fen
United Kingdom 2004/2005-On

 "The Great Fen Project" is one of the most ambitious habitat restoration projects ever undertaken in Britain. And the first ANF project in the UK. It will create a 3000-hectare wetland in the Fens between Huntingdon and Peterborough. The Fens were once a huge area of wetland and march, but were largely drained (using Dutch expertise) in the seventeenth century. There are very few remnants of fenland habitats in this part of England. One is the National Nature Reserve at Woolwalton Fen and the project aims to extend this to create a huge reserve that will attract long-lost species and provide a secure base for the scare species holding at Woodwalton Fen. It will also provide opportunities for leisure and tourism.

The project is a partnership between English Nature, the Wildlife Trust, Huntingdonshire District Council and the Environment Agency. The partners are consulting local people to help the vision become reality. For more information see www.greatfen.org.uk

For original artwork inquiries please contact ANF. 

Artwork

Hawthorne Juan Varela

Woodwalton Fen, Chinese Water Deer Vadim Gorbatov

European Cranes approach the Great Fen area in the year 2030 Vadim Gorbatov

Woodwalton Fen Bruce Pearson