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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell

National Trust’s largest lowland peat restoration a ‘powerful step forward’

An aerial view of Burwell Fen, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire (National Trust/ PA) -

The completion of the National Trust’s largest lowland peat restoration project at its oldest nature reserve has been hailed as a “powerful step forward in the restoration of our natural world”.

Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, which has been looked after by the conservation charity since 1899, has undergone six months of various works to help secure its future.

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