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Cumbria Bog LIFE: Roudsea woods and mosses rhododendron spraying

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Roudsea Woods and Mosses (South and North Bogs) have had around 150ha of tree scrub and rhododendron removed from the damaged lowland raised bog surface over the last four years. This has been followed up with works to bring the water table to the surface. Water is now being held at or near ground level for most of the year which has provided the conditions for peat forming Sphagnum moss and other plants to re-colonise and to start spreading. The majority of the former 120has of rhododendron has been drowned out by the rewetting works, but some has survived on the peat bunds (that were constructed to bring the water table to the surface). This requires controlling/eradicating or it will …

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Environmental Land Management Solutions£35.8kends (31 Oct 2019)

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What the buyer calls it
Cumbria Bog LIFE: Roudsea woods and mosses rhododendron spraying
How they are buying
Called off an existing agreementThe work went to a supplier already on a framework or dynamic market.
Type
services
Suitable for small firms
The buyer says yes. What that is worth
Work starts
1 Aug 2019
Work ends
31 Oct 2019

Who the buyer named

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Erica.Collins@defra.gov.uk