'Nature can bounce back but the damage caused from such a catastrophic event can take hundreds of years to overcome'
Experts have warned that precious peatland, devastated by a wildfire six years ago, could take up to 200 years to fully regenerate, despite signs of gradual recovery.
However, the 2018 fire - which occurred during the summer drought - damaged about a third of the estate, including Winter Hill, harming moorland and wildlife and killing approximately 2,000 trees in the upland areas of the site. Emergency services worked tirelessly to tackle the blaze. “The grim reality is that it is takes something like 200 years to regenerate the peat to how it was. It shows the damage catastrophic events, which are more likely due to climate change, can have on nature.”
The peatland on the site was not in good condition before the blaze, as it had been artificially drained for water to be used in industry, the Woodland Trust said. Work such as putting in “leaky dams” to slow runoff were carried out to restore land immediately after the fire damage and the next stage will be restoring it as a whole.
Blackburn Lancashire Fire And Rescue Service
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