A Century of Restoration: Wildlife Trusts Celebrate 100 Years by Reviving Lost Woodland
As the oldest Wildlife Trust celebrates its 100th anniversary, it has purchased farmland to restore a historic woodland, breathing life back into a forgotten landscape.
The Norfolk Wildlife Trust is celebrating a remarkable milestone – its 100th birthday. Formed in 1926 by just 12 people in a Norfolk pub, the trust has spent the past century working tirelessly to protect and restore the natural habitats of the region.
One of the trust's most ambitious projects to date is the acquisition of a swathe of farmland to revive the long-lost Norton Wood. This ancient woodland, once a thriving part of the local ecosystem, was cleared during the upheaval of World War II, leaving only the faint echo of its name in the nearby village of Wood Norton.
But now, a century after the trust's founding, the land has been purchased, and the process of restoring the woodland has begun. Trees are already bursting upwards, reclaiming the space that was once theirs, as the trust works to breathe life back into this forgotten landscape.
