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Limekiln Plantation project, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.
This morning we went on a lovely family walk (click here to see our route [2026 review : Oops, dead now. Get well soon] ). We dropped a car off at Fewston reservoir and drove another car up to Thruscross. On the road way up we noticed that there'd been a whole side of the valley razed to the ground - last time we looked, there was a fairly thick pine forest. Our questions were answered when we came across the above information board.
**The idea is to re establish and promote native nature and increase the bio diversity of the area. **
On the grand scheme of things, this project isn't even in it's infancy yet - it's embryonic. Oak woodlands of this sort take millennia if not centuries to mature so we're not going to see it in bloom as it were - but seeing a project like this in action is heart warming - some organisations - such as in this case Yorkshire Water, Natural England, the Forestry Commission [2026 review : Oops, dead now. Get well soon] and the Forestry Stewardship Council, still do still care about the planet after all - and the actions of today's generation are leaving a positive legacy for future generations.
A few more photos from our walk can be viewed by clicking this.
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