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The Marches Mosses Community Helps to Celebrate Peatlands 30th Birthday
Date: September 30, 2021
The Marches Mosses celebrated its 30th anniversary as a National Nature Reserve (NNR) on 10-11 September and over 150 people came out to help with the party. The Wem Youth Club created three banners celebrating the landscape of the Mosses and flew them from the Mammoth Viewing Tower during the two-day party. Thirty years might […]
The Marches Mosses celebrates 30 years as a National Nature Reserve – and grows!
Date: September 13, 2021
Note: This post contains an optional link to external websites. The Marches Mosses, an internationally-important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales – is celebrating its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR). Not only that, the NNR has grown by nearly 20% with the official addition of 237 acres into the Mosses […]
Join us on 11 September for Events to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Mosses NNR
Date: September 6, 2021
Photo is a bird’s-eye view of the Marches Mosses Note: This post contains a link to an external website. In 1991 – 30 years ago this month – Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses (collectively “The Marches Mosses”) were designated as a National Nature Reserve. Prior to that, the peatlands, located south west of Whitchurch, were […]
Gardening over Bank Holiday? Choose peat-free and help to fight climate change!
Date: August 25, 2021
Note: This post contains a link to an external website. You – yes, you, right at home in your garden – can help fight climate change! How? It’s simple, really – just choose peat-free gardening products – compost and hanging basket liners among other garden necessities. How does that help? It means that peat is […]
Rescuing Our Peatland: Everything you need to know about peat restoration.
Date: August 20, 2021
Note: This post has links to external websites. Special thanks to Ellie Williams, Marches Mosses BogLIFE Assistant Project Officer, for this article. The Marches Mosses is a special landscape that we are working to restore and protect for future generations. Peatlands such as Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses play an important role in the fight […]
