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Bid to create more Nidderdale woodland
A SEARCH is on for landowners in Nidderdale, which includes parts of Ilkley, willing to create or restore native broadleaf woodlands.
The call comes from the Nidderdale AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) Team.
With the primary objective of creating areas of new native woodland - in particular upland mixed ash woodland, upland oak woodland and wet woodland - the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust has been successful in bidding for funds from the SITA Trust (Landfill Tax).
A total of £150,000 is available for planting a minimum of 75 hectares of new native woodland in the Nidderdale AONB and surrounding areas.
Sites must be within ten miles of a landfill site; must support Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) objectives; must complement moorland Special Area of Conservation (SAC) objectives (gill woodland) and must support other local and regional strategies for woodland creation.
In Ilkley areas of Langbar, Nesfield, Denton and Middleton, are located within the Nidderdale AONB.
Marian Wilby, The AONB's Farm Conservation Advisor, said: "Trees and woodland form a very important part of the Nidderdale AONB landscape. A number of people have taken advantage of previous woodland creation schemes, which have proved very successful."
The process of woodland creation starts each Spring when applicants with possible sites that have the potential to be planted up as woodland contact the AONB. Sites are assessed and planned and then are hopefully ready for the tree-planting season which runs from November to March.
Anyone wanting more information about woodland planting should contact Marian Wilby on (01423) 712950, or email (marian.wilby@harrogate.gov.uk).
8:06am Monday 19th May 2008
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