Dipwells in Bransdale
Hi! I’m Lucy and I joined Yorkshire Peat Partnership as the GIS & Remote Sensing Assistant last year. I have loved my time at YPP so far, but I think my experience is best introduced by the…
Bog blog
Sphagnum, heather and cottongrass © Lizzie Shepherd
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Nature and Us: The Art of Noticing
Finding your own voice in nature poetry
Give Peat a Chance
We're curating an exhibition at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, look at thousands of years of peatland history in the Yorkshire Dales.
A new future has begun for a small piece of Nidderdale AONB
Two years ago we began restoration work on a site we have come to know as ‘East Gill’.
The Great North Bog at COP26
You may have heard about the Great North Bog over the past few months and wanted to find out more. The formal launch will take place in spring 2022, but the Peatland Pavilion at COP26 will be…
Lights, camera, action
A glorious day making a glorious film for a glorious song
Summer on blanket bog
A summer transect across one of our restoration sites.
Winter on blanket bog
A winter transect across one of our restoration sites.
Autumn on blanket bog
An autumnal transect across one of our restoration sites.
Why restore peatlands?
Peatland restoration takes a lot of time and costs a lot of money. So why are we so committed?