Work has resumed on the huge project that aims for 100,000’s of trees to be planted in the Yorkshire Dales to create a huge native woodland spreading from coast to coast. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has commenced work on the creation of 43 hectares of native woodland this winter.
The the third year of the funding scheme called ‘Grow Back Greener’, 12 sites are working to create what will be known as the Nothern Forest. It’s expected that a further 550 hectares of woodland this winter in the National Park meaning they’re on course to meet the target of creating an average of 600 hectares of woodland each year with the aim of increasing the area of woodland in the National Park from 4% to 7% by 2030, according to the Yorkshire Dales website.
Planting will continue until the end of March. The National Park Authority managed projects at 15 sites, covering a total of 96 hectares with Heggs and Castle farms in Arkengarthdale accounting for about a third of that area.
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Member Champion for the Natural Environment at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Mark Corner, said: “I would like to thank all the farmers and landowners who have come forward with sites for woodland creation this winter. There has never been so much public funding for woodland creation in the National Park than there is now.
“Please don’t hesitate to contact the National Park Authority, or one of the other members of the Dales Woodland Forum, if you have similar such land that would benefit from woodland creation. We can advise on all the different funding options and help find the most suitable one.”
Grow Back Greener is a national, Government-funded scheme co-ordinated by the Woodland Trust as part of the Northern Forest partnership. The Northern Forest is hope to stretch from coast to coast and around cities such as Liverpool, York, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Hull by 2043.
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