Friday 23rd of March 2018: The first trees being planted in England's largest forest for more than 30 years at Doddington North Moor
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Friday 23rd of March 2018: PLANTING THE FUTURE: CHILDREN HELP CREATE ENGLAND'S LARGEST FOREST FOR A GENERATION Schoolchildren will plant the first of 660, 000 trees in England's largest forest for more than 30 years on Friday. [23rd March] Pupils from Glendale Middle School, Wooler, will help to begin the creation of the forest at Doddington North Moor, Northumberland.The new forest will provide significant benefits to the North-East economy - including short and long-term employment on site and a future timber supply to wood processors, including A&J Scott, which employs almost 150 people in nearby Wooperton. The trees to be planted at the site have been provided by regional nurseries - Cheviot Trees near Berwick-upon-Tweed and Trees Please in Corbridge. Environmental benefits include the restoration of a rare peat mire on the site, the extension of a red squirrel buffer zone - and a research project to examine the impact of tree planting on reducing flooding. Project manager Andy Howard said he had been staggered by the level of public support, with real enthusiasm for the way the scheme will create new mountain bike trails, opportunities for forest education and improved access to a bouldering site on the moor. Around 65, 000 trees will be planted by the end of April, with the remainder following over the next two winter tree planting seasons. Planting could not start earlier because Doddington was only approved on 30th November 2017 and significant preparation work, including clearing vegetation, putting up deer fences and mounding, had to be carried out - and was delayed by the Beast from the East. Planting teams from The Forestry Workers' Co-Operative, in Pathhead, southern Scotland, will start work immediately after Friday's ceremony. Mr Howard said the trees planted in the coming weeks will be mainly Sitka spruce, but also oak, birch, alder, Western red cedar and Noble fir. Next winter, the planting will be a mixture of Sitka spruce, Scots pine, birch, aspe