The project – a partnership between the Environment Agency, Woodland Trust, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW – has seen the planting of thousands of trees at 5 sites across the 2 counties.

The new woodland will benefit wildlife and flood management, helping stabilise river banks, reduce surface water run-off, give shade for fish, and provide new habitats, increasing biodiversity.
The second year of the project cost £35,000, with contributions from the Environment Agency, Woodland Trust, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and local landowners.

The 5 sites are:

• Lower Woodsford, Dorset (a small part of the site)
• Cheselbourne, Dorset
• Bemerton, Salisbury, Wiltshire
• Langford Lakes, Wiltshire
• Norton Bavant, Wiltshire

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