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The fire on the Saddleworth Moors demonstrates the dangers of stopping restoration burning to maintain the health of the UK’s heather moorland and control the risks of wild fires.

https://basc.org.uk/blog/press-releases/press-releases-press-releases/saddleworth-fire-the-result-of-political-correctness-says-the-uks-largest-shooting-organisation/

 

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50 minutes ago, David BASC said:

The fire on the Saddleworth Moors demonstrates the dangers of stopping restoration burning to maintain the health of the UK’s heather moorland and control the risks of wild fires.

https://basc.org.uk/blog/press-releases/press-releases-press-releases/saddleworth-fire-the-result-of-political-correctness-says-the-uks-largest-shooting-organisation/

 

A fact that hadn't escaped me either...….hopefully our representative organisations will publicise this widely and extensively?

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I read a similar article by Mark Osborne (of William Powell & Co) which explained that in winter when the plants are not actively growing, the plant material dries out very quickly.  Therefore the fire risk in winter/early spring before new growth gets under way is much higher than might be expected.  It was an interesting point I had not previously appreciated.  Unfortunately I don't have a link as it was on William Powell's Facebook.

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