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A dense forest floor in deep green with one shaft of amber light
Upland peat restoration since 2011

We put the water back, and everything else follows.

4,180hectares of blanket bog rewettedAcross 42 sites in the north Pennines. Measured, not modelled — every hectare has a dipwell and a photograph.
Close-up of moss and lichen on wet bark

Blocking grips

Eleven thousand dams since 2011, mostly peat, some stone where the gradient demands it.

Pressed leaves and lichen laid out on green board

Recording

Two hundred and fourteen species logged this season by fourteen volunteers.

A narrow trail marked with an amber blaze on a green trunk

Access

Nine kilometres of boardwalk so the ground is walked on rather than walked over.