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Written by Occasional Ducks on 2025-01-10 at 08:48

Do you remember when John Prescott announced development plans for the north of England that involved “concreting over an area the size of Hull every year” and the general response was “maybe you could start with Hull”?

Well…

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/10/national-trust-to-restore-nature-across-area-bigger-than-greater-london

[#]Rewilding #RestoreNature #Biodiversity

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Written by Sarah Dal on 2025-01-10 at 08:51

@OccasionalDucks in Northumberland, the NT's Wallington Estate, which is currently hosting a beaver reintroduction, is going to link up with the Wildlife Trust's recent purchase of the massive Rothbury estate just to the North. It's an incredible landscape scale project, really heartening to see these organisations make these big plans!

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Written by Occasional Ducks on 2025-01-10 at 08:59

@sarahdalgulls when I saw Rothbury was up for sale, I bought a Euromillions ticket on the off-chance & was delighted to hear of the WT’s purchase and plans :-)

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