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THE TREE MUSKETEERS


Environmental Panorama
London – United Kingdom
May of 2006

25-May-2006 - The Environment Agency, the Forestry Commission, Alfred McAlpine and Volker Stevin have joined forces to enhance a community woodland for World Environment Day.

The improvements to Windy Bank Wood, which is situated at Glazebury, between Leigh and Culcheth, include the planting of specimen oak trees and the creation of a wetland, which will lead to more diverse habitat and encourage different species.

Volunteers from the Environment Agency who are more used to managing flood defence schemes will swap their suits for overalls, their computers for spades and will be getting their hands dirty on World Environment Day.

They will spend the day putting up picnic benches and planting trees under the supervision of the Forestry Commission. Alfred McAlpine will have heavy construction equipment on site to dig the wetland and Volker Stevin will be providing the trees for the volunteers to plant.

The 100-acre site, which is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission, straddles the borders of the Mersey Forest and the Red Rose Forest and is surrounded by a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Much of the site used to be intensively managed grassland and arable farmland with only limited public access. The Forestry Commission bought the site in 2002 and opened new footpaths and planted thousand of trees. Wildflower hay meadows and pastures were created with grant aid from DEFRA in open areas of the site. These are now farmed under a Countryside Stewardship agreement, which encourages farming in an environmentally sensitive way.

Since these changes there has been a marked increase in the numbers and variety of wildlife including barn owls, long eared owls, buzzards, cuckoos, pheasants, partridges, mallards, bats, roe deer, foxes, hares, rabbits, weasel and voles.

If you are feeling inspired, why not take part in your own green project in your community for World Environment Day? Environment Agency Action Earth can support you with advice, promotional material, a media toolkit and a grant of up to £50 to get you started.

Last year, the campaign had over 800 projects registered with over 15,000 volunteers. It also helps to raise the profile of World Environment Day. Projects included clearing woodland, planting trees and bulbs, building bird and bat boxes, recycling schemes and many more activities.

For further information on our campaign for World Environment Day and the Action Earth campaign visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wed and www.actionearth.org.uk.

Notes

United Nations’ World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year across the world. The Environment Agency takes the lead in supporting and promoting the day in England and Wales.

 
 

Source: Environment Agency – United Kingdom (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk)
Press consultantship (Alix Bell)
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