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Weardale to revert to native flora - 16/09/09

The Forestry Commission has agreed to a plan to cut thousands of conifers and grow native trees in part of Weardale in County Durham.

The move on the Weardale Estate, near Killhope, in the North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will create new wildlife habitats.

Forty-three hectares of pines planted in the 1950s will be replaced with oak, ash and rowan, while some land will go back to heather moor.

The rare black grouse, the population of which is growing due to conservation work in the area, will have a scrubby woodland edge to boost its habitat area.

Some conifers will be left because red squirrels still living in the area favour them.

Rachel Sparks, Forestry Commission Woodland Officer, said: "We have worked very hard with the estate to draw up this plan which offers major gains for wildlife and the landscape."

     

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