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York’s community woodland grows 50,000 trees

Tuesday, 21 February 2023 00:00

By Jack O'Neill

A new community woodland in York has recently planted its 50,000th tree.

A new community woodland in York has recently planted its 50,000th tree.

The woodland is located in the York suburb of Knapton and stretches over 200 acres of land and is planned to become one of the biggest community woodlands in England.

Forestry England, which manages the project in partnership with the City of York Council, plans to plant an extra 160,000 trees over the next few years to ‘help nature recover across the wider landscape, providing habitat for valuable wildlife and helping to store carbon, alleviate soil erosion and prevent flooding'.

 

 

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