The work begins on 12 September and is expected to take about three months
The work to remove the infectious trees is expected to take about three monthsA cycling and walking route that runs around two Peak District reservoirs will temporarily close for the felling of diseased trees.
This, it said, was to allow the landowner - Severn Trent - to undertake legally-required work to tackle larch disease in the area.The Woodland Trust said Phytophthora ramorum - also known as larch disease - was a fungal-like organism that causes the death of a wide range of trees and shrubs. Symptoms, it said, include areas of black "bleeding" on the trunk, and withered and blackened leaves or needles - leading to dieback of the outer branches.Diseased trees on the western side of the Derwent and Howden reservoirs will be felled
The water company said the diseased trees that needed felling were on the western side of the reservoirs.
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