Dartmoor ponies are tried and tested conservation grazers and have the ability to switch to less palatable forage when necessary and according to the season. On Dartmoor they play a particularly important role in the grazing of purple moor grass in the spring and western gorse in the late winter. The Dartmoor pony excels in both wet marsh and dry heathland environments.
The Dartmoor Pony Heritage trust can supply ponies for conservation grazing and can advise on handling and land management with ponies.
Among the sites the Trust has supplied ponies to for conservation grazing are the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the National Trust at Killerton. In 2006 GAP ran a workshop with the DPHT – to read a report of the day please click here.