Friends produced quarterly newsletters jam packed with the latest news across the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley.

Click on the links below to read the latest news. The Cambro-Briton – David Smith

February 2026 Newsletter

• Clwydian Range Prints by Ruth Thomas
• The Cambria-Briton David Smith 40^th Anniversary Walk
• Meet the team – Simon Jones 
• The investigation of a possible enclosure on the western slopes of the Moel Famau Country Park near Pentre Farm, Llangynhafal – Dr Ian Brown 
• Glyndwr National Park – some progress!

November 2025 Newsletter

• 40^th Anniversary Walk
• Supporting Curlew Recovery
• Fungi Foray
• Dafydd Roberts and Ffermio Bro
• Young Rangers Italy Visit
• Owain Glyndŵr
• Peatlands
• National Landscape Citizens Panel
• Meet the Team – Hannah Taylor

September 2025 Newsletter

• Brenig Ospreys
• Gweilch Llyn Brenig
• Meet the Team – Rhiannon Bartley
• Cwrdd â’r Tîm – Rhiannon Bartley
• The Laundry Retreat and Garden
• Y Golchdy a’r Ardd
• Wales National Young Ranger Meet 2025
• Cyfarfod Ceidwaid Ifanc Cenedlaethol Cymru 2025
• Grazing on Prestatyn Hillside
• Pori ar Lechwedd Prestatyn
• The Airman’s Grave
• Bedd yr Awyrennwr
• Llangollen Round Challenge 2025
• Her Rownd Llangollen 2025
• Loggerheads and Moel Famau update
• Diweddariad Loggerheads a Moel Famau
• Hill range designation shapes career memories for outdoor enthusiast
• Dynodiad cadwyn bryniau yn llunio atgofion gyrfa i selogwr awyr agored

June 2025 Newsletter

• A Precious Gift
• Interesting facts about the National landscape during in WWII – Decoy Sites – Dave Smith
  
• Meet the Team – Charlotte Wheeler
• First Curlew Chicks of the Season Hatch in the National Landscape!
• Limestone Links
• A National Park for North East Wales – update
• Our National Landscape at 40
• A Special Spring

March 2025 Newsletter

• From Tree to Treen – Written by Saul Burton
• Moel Morfydd – Written by David Smith
• The Curlew in our National Landscape – Written by John Roberts
• Not a Done Deal – Written by Mike Skuse
• UK Government Funded Projects in our National Landscape – Written by John Roberts
• Meet the Team – Mike Skuse – Written by John Roberts
• The new interpretative work at Plas Newydd – Written by Paul Evans, Plas Newydd Manager
• Clwydian Weather – Written by Robert Moore
• A Clwydian calling…Written by Cassa Townsend
• Planetarium Event

January 2025 Newsletter

• How The Clwydian Range Became An Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB): A Personal Account – Written by Alan Rugman

• Moel y Plâs December 2024 Update – Written by Amy Blaker, Countryside Ranger

• Friends Fungi Foray! – Written by Amy Blaker, Countryside Ranger

• Fond Farewell – Written by John Roberts

• Replacement life saving kit installed at countryside car park – Written by David Shiel, National Landscapes Area Manager

• NRW’s Moel Llys y Coed project: Preserving landscapes and creating woodlands – Written by Gareth Davies, MIC Cynghorydd Arbenigol Tîm Cynllunio ar gyfer yr Ystad / Specialist Advisor Estate Planning

• Meet the Team: Morgan Vaughan Jones – Written by John Roberts

• Mendelssohn at Rhydymwyn – Written by Daivd Smith

• Our Picturesque Landscape – 2018 to 2024 – Written by John Roberts

September 2024 Newsletter

• Corwen Hydro visit: a rich mix of history and the future – written by Rajan Madhok
• International Junior Rangers Camp – by Imogen Hammond
• The Berwyns UFO Mystery – written by Dave Smith
• Meet the Team: Ant Tomlinson – written by John Roberts
• Update from the Llyn Brenig Osprey Project – written by Sophia Evans Lead Volunteer NWWT Brenig Osprey Project.

July 2024 Newsletter

• A National Park for North East Wales? – Progress Report. By John Roberts
• New National Park in Wales Must be an Exemplar for Nature, Climate and Local Communities. By Gareth Ludkin, Campaign for National Parks)
• Natural Resources Wales Wales’s New National Park Proposal
• Running a B&B on Offa’s Dyke Path. By Mair Ansell
• The Black Grouse in the Clwydian Range. By Anya Wicikowski, Conservation Officer, RSPB
• Meet the Team – Ruth Calcraft. By John Roberts.
• The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. A time to celebrate some forgotten heroes. By Howard Sutcliffe Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
• A Walk Around Landegla. By John Roberts, Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley
• Footpath Workers. By Ron Williams, Ramblers Area Footpath Secretary
• Black’s Guide