Erosion on the moors

[jodg]

Just came across this article about the erosion and problems facing the moors from the YP. Thought it might interest some of you out there.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/count...ors.4717461.jp

[daz h]

Probably best to stick some windmills up there then

[disco stan]

Probably best to stick some windmills up there then

They can have some of ours, we've got loads on the rossy hills

[Grouse]

Swap for some grouse?

[The Piglit]

Some interesting science in that article

quote "Carbon is one of the gases........"

Best way to manage the environment IMHO is to leave it bloody well alone

[Grouse]

I have read somewhere that the burning of the heather is a significant factor in the erosion of the moors becasue without heather holding it together, the peat is very easily washed away ( and I'm not just saying that cos I'm a grouse).

[molehill]

But they burn the heather in order to keep the Grouse. So if they don't burn the heather - no Grouse .

[Margarine]

Who needs grouse?

[jodg]

Who needs grouse?

Toffs need it for their "sport".....

[jodg]

Best way to manage the environment IMHO is to leave it bloody well alone

Actually, saw one of those nature progs on BBC2 a while back which delt with this topic. Everyone seems to think that "managing" the open land is a new thing. Turns out that we (i.e. mankind) have been tinkering with the environment since Stonehenge times. Without the plantations, tree selection & planting etc etc then you'd have a very different sort of landscape with only a few dominant species.

Apparently.