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The Great Fen Project: Just What Wildlife, Nature and People Need

Posted by Ina Woolcott

The Great Fen Project’s aim is to create a 3,700 hectare (9142.899 acre) wetland, restoring over 3000 hectares of fenland habitat between Huntingdon and Peterborough, safeguarding threatened habitats and providing a massive green-space for people, with a wealth of possibilities for recreation, education and the local economy.

This will connect Woodwalton Fen Nature Reserve with Holme Fen Nature Reserve - Holme and Woodwalton Fen are National Nature Reserves - to create a very large site with conservation benefits for wildlife and socio-economic benefits for people. When the project is complete, the area will be enhanced to the extent that new species will breed there.

The project, which is long-term, is managed in partnership by the Environment Agency, Huntingdonshire District Council, Middle Level Commissioners, Natural England and the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough and is impressive in its ambition and vision. It aims to combine nature conservation and management with tourism and other income-generating activities. It could also play a strategic role by storing flood water for the protection of the Middle Level System and the homes, farms and businesses that depend on the system.

EDITORS NOTE:

I find the whole project simply amazing and awe inspiring. Just what wildlife, nature and people need. Its so nice to hear of a project of this scale where people are working with nature and not against her, not destroying her but encouraging and helping her and the creatures and plants and trees that live within her. Heart warming. A 3 hour drive from me, but at some point in the next year I plan to go with my daughter Aiyana, and also with my MUM, but she doesn’t know it yet

RELATED LINKS:
The Great Fen Project
Wildlife Trust UK | Water for Wildlife UK
Arundel Wildfowl and Wetland Trust
Wildlife Travel - Worldwide Wildlife Viewing With Local Experts
The Great Fen Project: What You Should Know