Hundreds of thousands of trees will be planted to recreate long-lost woodlands, a charity says.
The Snaizeholme valley was once covered in trees
Snaizeholme, near Hawes in Richmondshire, was covered in trees centuries ago but the 1386-acre valley is now almost barren. The trees will also "lock away carbon for years to come," improve water quality and reduce the risk of flooding, the charity said.Al Nash, who is leading the project for the Woodland Trust, said: "Woodland birds will have a home here for the first time in centuries, and open scrub woodland should benefit endangered species like the black grouse.
The trees planted in Snaizeholme will mostly be native broadleaved species such as alder, silver birch, downy birch, willow, aspen, rowan, hawthorn and blackthorn, as well as montane species on the higher slopes.
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