‘A 100-year vision’: Skiddaw’s barren peak to spring to life in ambitious rewilding
by Patrick Barkham from on (#6QFW6)
More than 1,200 hectares of Cumbrian forest will be transformed into England's highest nature reserve
Skiddaw has long stood proud in the northern Lake District, a distinctive, treeless peak that is England's sixth highest mountain. But now the fell's barren heights will spring back to life after its purchase for rewilding by Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
More than 1,200 hectares of Skiddaw Forest, once a royal hunting ground, will become England's highest nature reserve and the UK's biggest project to restore Atlantic rainforest, after the site came up for sale for 6.25m.
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