The North East Wildlife Trusts (Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley) have brought together a wide range of organisations to restore water vole populations across the North East of England. The Naturally Native project will tackle the 2 major causes of water vole decline, predation by American mink, an introduced non-native species, and habitat fragmentation. Employed by Durham Wildlife Trust on behalf of the wider partnership, this post will be responsible for the detailed development of a Stage 2 Heritage Lottery Fund submission, which aims to unlock over £500,000 of Heritage Lottery funding for project work to conserve the endangered water vole. Naturally Native will provide a model for reversing the harm done to our ecosystems by non-native species and will restore our natural he