Following the local government reforms of 1974 it transferred its remit and tenure in Furness to the newly constituted Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
[1] The Charity Commission's record also lists The Lancashire Trust for Nature Conservation with Greater Manchester and Merseyside as a former name, and The Wildlife Trust (Lancashire, Manchester, N. Merseyside) as a working name.
[2] The trust's mission is to work for a region richer in wildlife by the protection and enhancement of species and habitats, both common and rare; and to work towards public recognition that a healthy environment rich in wildlife and managed on sustainable principles, is essential for continued human existence.
The trust's HQ and Lancashire Office is in Cuerden Valley Park south of Bamber Bridge, near Preston.
The Trust's projects include the Brockholes nature reserve, near Preston, which opened in 2011 on a former quarry site near junction 31 of the M6 motorway and has an award-winning floating visitor centre.