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was the first in the country to appoint a leader, in
October 1973, and by the time the Committee became operational on 1 April 1974, many of the necessary officers had already been appointed. A condition of the 1972 Act was that each National Park Committee had to produce a management plan setting out its policies, implementation plans and proposed budget. The first Dartmoor National Park Plan was published in 1977; its stated aim was that the Park would be "as tidy, enjoyable and uncontentious as possible". Reviews of the plan were produced in 1983 and 1991.
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resulted in a major change in the governance of national parks. The Act established a
National Park Committee for each park under the leadership of a named National Park Officer and 75% of each Committee's agreed annual budget was to be met from central funds. Dartmoor National Park Committee (DNPC)
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when it came up for auction in 1974, followed by the purchase of a large part of Holne Moor in 1975 and the adjoining White Wood the following year, acquiring in the process the
Lordship of the Manor of Holne. This acquisition means that the National Park Officer is also steward of the Manor and is
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Dartmoor as a national park, in 2001 the DNPA planned a number of initiatives. These included "Moor Memories", an oral history project which aimed to capture the voices and memories of the people of Dartmoor, building on similar projects
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interests; and finally, six (usually local) people with an interest in the Park are directly appointed by the
Secretary of State to represent the national interest. The absence of locally elected representatives on the board has been a source of complaint against the DNPA.
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As of 2012 the DNPA employs about 105 staff and is governed by twenty-two appointed members who are normally appointed for an initial period of up to 4 years. Six of these members are appointed by Devon County
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which made it a fully independent "freestanding local authority" from 1 April 1997. Like the other twelve
National Park Authorities in England and Wales, the DNPA has two "statutory purposes" which it must pursue. These are:
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in an attempt to save the breed after new
European legislation increased the costs of keeping them. In 2010 it submitted written evidence to Parliament about its concern for the long-term viability of
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was rejected by Parliamentary Committee in 1970, "on the grounds of the technical unsuitability of the scheme, not because it was sited in a national park".
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