Press Association: A project to restore tens of thousands of acres of ancient woodland has secured £1.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The five-year scheme by the Woodland Trust aims to return post-war conifer plantations to their original native woodland state, restoring natural habitat which is home to more than 250 rare and threatened wildlife species.
Restoring ancient woodland involves gradually removing conifers from a plantation to allow more light to penetrate the canopy, encouraging specialist native…

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