Woodland Trust urges summer visitors not to light fires
Fire swept through the Trust s Smithills site in 2018 causing widespread damage.
Handout photo issued by the Woodland Trust of the landscape at Winter Hill near Bolton after a fire swept through the moorland. The Woodland Trust has issued a plea to people not to light fires at its countryside sites as the summer holidays start.
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Do not light fires, Woodland Trust urges summer visitors to its sites
Fire burning on Winter Hill destroying much of the Smithills estate (Joel Goodman/Woodland Trust/PA)
The Woodland Trust has issued a plea to people not to light fires at its countryside sites as the summer holidays start.
The call comes three years on from a devastating blaze that destroyed swathes of moorland and wildlife looked after by the charity – and as it warns there have already been nine fires on its sites this year.
The trust is launching a national “love your woods” campaign which aims to encourage people visiting its woodlands and moorlands to leave no trace and help the protection of its special sites.
Summer visitors urged not to light fires by Woodland Trust
Fire swept through the Trust s Smithills site in 2018 causing widespread damage.
Handout photo issued by the Woodland Trust of the landscape at Winter Hill near Bolton after a fire swept through the moorland. The Woodland Trust has issued a plea to people not to light fires at its countryside sites as the summer holidays start.
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