Editing Cornwall Wildlife Trust (section)

== History ==
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a charitable organisation founded in 1962 that is concerned with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's wildlife, geology and habitats, both on land and in the marine environment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Cornwall Wildlife Trust |url=https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> [[Frank Turk (biologist)|Frank Turk]], [[Stella Turk]] and [[Jean Paton]] were all involved in the founding of the organisation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornwall Wildlife Trust - Wild Cornwall - Summer 2003 No 91 |url=https://www.chycor.co.uk/wild-cornwall/sum03/page14.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241127004718/https://www.chycor.co.uk/wild-cornwall/sum03/page14.htm |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.chycor.co.uk}}</ref> The Trust is part of [[The Wildlife Trusts partnership]] of 46 wildlife trusts in the [[United Kingdom]]. It works in conjunction with the [[Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust]] on some matters. The Trust is based at [[Allet]] near [[Truro]] in [[Cornwall]]. The headquarters and offices are adjacent to the Trust's '''Five Acres''' nature reserve. This reserve includes two ponds, as well as mixed broadleaved and conifer woodland. {{As of|2024}} the Trust's chief executive is Matt Walpole.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2024-08-01 |title=Cornish conservation charity launches major ‘Tor to Shore’ rewilding project |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/01/cornish-conservation-charity-launches-major-tor-to-shore-rewilding-project |access-date=2025-04-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Trust is run by a group of elected volunteer trustees, {{as of|2024|lc=y}} chaired by Oliver Blount.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How we're run {{!}} Cornwall Wildlife Trust |url=https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/how-were-run |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>