Katy Thorpe is a senior conservation works officer at Moors for the Future Partnership, who develop and deliver projects to improve peat bogs in the Peak District and South Pennines. From installing big leaky dams to planting a tiny but transformative moss called sphagnum, Moors for the Future Partnership has completed an ambitious restoration project on Ilkley Moor. Join Katy, project leader, and Jody Vallance, as they discuss why the moor needed restoration, and explains the work that has been done.
Moors for the Future Partnership delivers upland conservation projects across the Peak District and South Pennine moors, with much of its work focussing on blanket bog, a precious but historically undervalued and often damaged habitat. Benefits of restoration include slowing the flow of water from the uplands, reducing the risk of flooding, better water quality, carbon storage and a better habitat for special wildlife including breeding waders like curlew and golden plover. This work is backed up by robust research and monitoring.
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