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People are being urged to “connect with nature” at the launch of a two-week festival to celebrate Exmoor National Park.<\/p>\n
The Exmoor Nature Festival runs from 17 May to 1 June and features activities including nature walks, art sessions and yoga.<\/p>\n
The organisers said they hoped participants word be “inspired to help us look after this very special landscape”.<\/p>\n
Experts are also offering talks on topics such as fungi and bird life, while children have the chance to meet one of the park’s famous Exmoor ponies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Festival organiser, Julie Colman, rural enterprise co-ordinator at Exmoor National Park, said: “National Parks were created to help support the Nations’ health and wellbeing and this is a real opportunity for everyone to connect with nature.<\/p>\n
“Not only are people learning about Exmoor flora and fauna but hopefully being inspired to help us look after this very special landscape.”<\/p>\n
Information about the different events and activities are available on the Exmoor Nation Park website, and at its visitors’ centres in Dulverton, Dunster and Lynmouth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n