Jason is adept at reading landscapes, and a strong believer that traditional methods can increase the health of both Country and those who inhabit it,” continues Paul. “As Jason has taught us, you have to listen to country; you can’t push it. But if you listen carefully, you can hear that it needs us. It needs people. We took advice 20 years ago on how to manage this place, and the whole emphasis was on protection and just allowing nature to heal itself. But it’s not that simplistic. It doesn’t work like that. As Jason says: “Over the last few hundred years we took out one key element of the process in the caring for the landscape. We took the humans out.” “People need land and land needs people,” adds Matthew Taylor. “It’s all connected. You can’t just leave land alone and expect it to take care of itself.”