Today we can announce some exciting news! We have acquired a new site, another 26 acres to be given back to nature.
The site located near Distington increases our holdings to 204 acres (82.5 hectares) and was acquired with generous help from Raise: Cumbria Community Forest via the Trees for Climate programme, funded by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs through the Nature for Climate Fund.
Lodge Castle Wood will see 70,000 new trees and 6 new ponds installed as part of our mission to hand back poor agricultural land to nature.
If all goes to plan we aim to complete the project in 1 year. That is, from finding the site to planting the last tree and digging the last pond. In anticipation, we have already gone through an EIA screening, sourced the trees, and appointed the contractors.