I spoke with the PR people at Woodland Trust this morning to find out more about the 850 acre forest planned in Hertfordshire. They are very excited about the land at Sandridge, nr St. Albans which could be used to create the largest native forest in England with around 500,000 trees planted by schoolchildren and the general public. We have lost half our ancient woodland since the 1930s and today just 5% of land in England is native woodland. Apparently it takes just 12 years to turn bare earth into a flourishing wood habitat, providing homes for badgers, hares, dormice, frogs, toads and barn owls, as well as oxygen for us lot!
Tuesday 29 July 2008
new forest planned
I spoke with the PR people at Woodland Trust this morning to find out more about the 850 acre forest planned in Hertfordshire. They are very excited about the land at Sandridge, nr St. Albans which could be used to create the largest native forest in England with around 500,000 trees planted by schoolchildren and the general public. We have lost half our ancient woodland since the 1930s and today just 5% of land in England is native woodland. Apparently it takes just 12 years to turn bare earth into a flourishing wood habitat, providing homes for badgers, hares, dormice, frogs, toads and barn owls, as well as oxygen for us lot!
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I'm so excited about it. I live in Sandridge and every day I walk in these fields. But we still need to raise the money to buy the land so contributions to the Woodland Trust appeal are essential
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