With funding from NatureScot’s Peatland Action programme John Muir Trust is restoring 36.5 hectares of peat bog on its Strathaird estate. After felling and clearing 17 hectares of non-native Sitka spruce the work will focus on re-profiling ditch and furrow irrigation channels, creating peat dams and blocking drains to increase water levels and smoothing the ground by ‘stump flipping’ the felled spruce.
Rich Williams, the Trust’s Land Operations Manager (North) said: “The site was partially felled about 10 years ago, but this funding means we can now remove all non-native Sitka spruce from the site. This will ensure that the carbon already stored up in the site is secured, while also enabling the bog restoration and carbon sequestration processes to get underway, resulting in important gains for both biodiversity and carbon storage.”
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