Maximising Manchester’s Mosslands
Global consultancy and construction company, Mace, are funding the restoration of 157 hectares of precious mossland habitat in Greater Manchester over the next five years.
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Our work
We lobby government, work with landowners, protect endangered species and restore wild places to create a region rich in wildlife.
The medical marvels of our mosslands – can peatland plants be beneficial for our health?
The plants that live on our peatlands aren’t just any plants, they are all wonderfully unique and have adapted in incredible ways to survive and thrive on the harsh bog environment. But it turns…
Chat Moss Project
Learn how we're restoring lowland raised bogs in the Chat Moss area and engaging local communities with this fascinating habitat across three key reserves.
Prisoners repair tools to help conservation work at Brockholes
Inmates at a Lancashire prison are lending a hand when it comes to protecting the Lancashire environment.
£670,000 awarded to connect Greater Manchester’s mosslands
Funding awarded to connect rare fragments of peatland for wildlife, the community and to fight climate change.
Survival out on Chat Moss
It’s always a concern of mine once a snowfall starts to freeze, for straight away I realise that the struggle to find food for birds, like the thrushes, gets so much harder than usual
Squirrel Conservation FAQ
Learn more about red squirrel conservation and how we protect these threatened mammals.
Marine Conservation Zones
The Wildlife Trusts are calling on everyone to join a giant wave of support for 41 new Marine Conservation Zones.
Save the planet? First we need to save our peatlands
We can’t underestimate the importance of our peatlands – ‘superhero habitats’ that capture carbon and safeguard rare wildlife. But they only do this when healthy, and the stark reality is that…
Conservation Science
As a scientific organisation all of our decision making is underlined by scientific and empirical evidence. Learn more about our decision-making processes when it comes to standing up for wildlife.
A mossland Christmas tree
As if I needed a reminder that the penultimate day of this LWT #12DaysWild journey was upon me, the hedge posing as a long line of Christmas trees was suddenly devoid of all its decorative baubles…