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The [[Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts|Royal Society for Nature Conservation]] (RSNC) was based in Nettleham, on the Green. It gained its new name in 1981 from the Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation (SPNC), and had been the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves before 1976. The Nature Conservation Trusts became known as Wildlife Trusts. The organisation became known as [[the Wildlife Trusts]] in 1996 and has been based in [[Newark-on-Trent]] since 1999, being been based on Witham Park in Lincoln from 1990. The site became the home of the WATCH Trust for Environmental Conservation, but this also moved to Newark a few years ago.<ref>[http://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk Wildlife WATCH]</ref> The Wildlife Trusts had their junior section, known as Wildlife Warch, on Witham Park in Lincoln, until it moved to Newark. Newark is on the [[East Coast Main Line]]. In June 2004 the organisation became the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT).

 

Nettleham forms part of the [[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough parliamentary constituency]] which is represented by Sir [[Edward Leigh]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]