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Project Name
Treesponsibility |
Country
England |
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Current land designations
Agricultural land,
sites
of ancient woodland
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Specific locations
Upper
Calder Valley, West Yorks
1)
Bent Head – Heptonstall
2)
Dyke Green – Sourhall, Todmorden
3)
Heeley Hill – Mankinholes, Todmorden
4)
Longfield Wood – Todmorden
5)
Midgelden Wood – Todmorden
6)
White Slack - Walsden |
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Year rewilding started,
1 – 2004;
2 – 2002; 3 – 2003;
4 – 2001; 5 – 2001;
6 – 2005
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Grid references
1
- SD988282; 2 - SD918247; 3 - SD962229; 4 - SD944238; 5 - SD915238; 6- SD932208 |
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Location
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Altitude
300-350m (except 4 – 200m) |
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Project Management
Fencing, planting, beat up – 10 year contracts, then management
under WIG |
Area under rewilding (hectares)
1 –
2.8ha, 2 – 2.2ha, 3 – 3.2ha, 4 – 2.0ha, 5 – 6.0ha, 6 – 10.8ha |
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Project funding
Private sources: business (CO2mmitment programme), payment
from landowners, charges for events, individual donations, landfill
tax
Public
sources: WGS, NOF, EAF & others |
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Rewilding methods
Native
tree planting |
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Habitats present
Acid
grassland, improved grassland |
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Target habitats
Upland
oak woodland, wet woodland |
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Species reintroductions
|
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Access to the area
Public
or permissive footpaths |
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Links to further information
www.treesponsibility.com |
