United Kingdom: Bog ‘recovering’ after extraction

BBC: Peat bog land in Greater Manchester has recovered from commercial extraction in a "remarkably short time", Lancashire Wildlife Trust said. The trust bought 264 acres of Salford's Little Woolden Moss, part of Chat Moss, in August and began a project to "conserve and restore" it. Project manager Dr Chris Miller said he was amazed by the speed of recovery. "While the plants are not ideal, they have taken over areas of bare peat in a remarkably short time," he said. Little Woolden Moss is......

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