Local landowners are opposing the inclusion of their farms and fields in draft maps of showing land to which walkers will be given access .
Farmers in Craven and Wharfe meet tomorrow to discuss the fut-ure of their land which Govern-ment officials have included in draft maps for "right to roam" access.
At least four Addingham Moorside landowners have had fields included on provisional drawings. The Skipton Town Hall meeting will brief people on the implications of such mapping and how to challenge it.
Addingham Moor farmer Stanley Flesher said: "Some of my smaller fields have been put on the maps even though I have converted them from moorland to grassland. My fields are enclosed and there is no entrance for ramblers to get in. They would have to push my walls down or climb over them to get in."
The Countryside Agency, the Government's rural adviser, has the task of creating the maps, which will open up off-limits land to ramblers in three years. Farmers have the right to appeal against their lands being included until consultation ends in February.
An agency spokesman said: "Once provisional maps are published, from June 2002, landowners will be able to appeal to the Secretary of State if they still feel we have got it wrong."
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