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800 trees planted on Dartmoor as restoration work continues

Several hundred trees were planted in an iconic woodland on Dartmoor last week as efforts continue to double its size

Mia Willemsen
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Volunteers plant 800 trees at Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor
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Volunteers plant 800 trees at Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor

A further 800 trees were planted by volunteers in Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve last week as part of efforts to extend one of the South West's last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest....

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