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MORE than 12,000 acres of vital upland peatbog in Yorkshire have been brought into restoration in the last year, a new report reveals.

A GROUP dedicated on restoring vital peatlands, particularly in North Yorkshire, has reflected on a successful year.

A GROUP dedicated on restoring vital peatlands, particularly in North Yorkshire, has reflected on a successful year.

Thousands of acres of peat have been restored in conservation efforts that help cut carbon emissions in the last decade, grouse moor managers have said. A survey of members of the Moorland Association suggests they have restored 3,157 hectares (7,800 acres) of bare peat on their land in the last 10 years. And 2,945 kilometres (1,830 miles) of old agricultural drains, put in to make the land more productive for farming, have been blocked to rewet the upland peat to protect it, reduce run-off and prevent carbon emissions escaping – helping restore the equivalent of a further 6,000 hectares (1...

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s restoration work on the most eroded area of blanket bog in Yorkshire is receiving a boost with a whopping £312,000 from the grant-giving charity the Garfield Weston Foundation. Fleet Moss is one of the most degraded upland peatlands in Yorkshire. The bog is criss-crossed with drainage ditches (grips) and erosion channels (gullies) that flush water and sediment into the Wharfe and Ure river catchments. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has already installed hundreds of dams and sediment traps on Fleet Moss to hold water and peat on the bog and allow vegetation to re-es...