YWT proposes tree planting in Park Gill

[alanw]

Park Gill is the stream you walk above to reach Dow Cave

A new temperate rainforest in the Yorkshire Dales could prove to be a "vital oasis" for wildlife, people behind the scheme said.
Trees would be planted on a 16-hectare (40 acre) site at Park Gill near Kettlewell, to encourage the growth of mosses and create a carpet of ferns and flowers, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) said.

New nature reserve to return rainforests to Yorkshire Dales

A temperate rainforest near Kettlewell could be a "vital oasis", the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust says.

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Park Gill nature reserve | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

A beautiful area of limestone grassland and woodland in a steep-sided valley, this stunning space supports a range of special plants, insects and birds.

www.ywt.org.uk

 

[huwg]

Sounds like it should be a good thing? I hope the orchids enjoy the new habitat.

 

[Lankyman]

I'm all for more rainforest. I do wonder though if the good folks of Kettlewell will appreciate orang utans stealing undies off their clothes lines?

 

[flakey]

This sounds great! Maybe not so much around Dow, but in other places it could eventually help stabilise cave entrances and reduce water surges in rain. That’s very long term and location dependent though.

I'm all for more rainforest. I do wonder though if the good folks of Kettlewell will appreciate orang utans stealing undies off their clothes lines?

Temperate rainforest, not tropical rainforest There are many examples of it on the west coast of the UK and Ireland — see here for some explanations. Sadly there’s a lot less of it than there was before we chopped all the trees down for charcoal and other fuelling.