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Save the dunes!
Published: 23/12/2015
Recycle your old Christmas tree with 香港王中王最快开奖结果 Countryside Service this year,
and contribute to the restoration of important sand dune habitat.
The Rangers are asking for real Christmas trees over four feet tall, in one
whole piece and without decorations, to be donated after the festive period.
Residents can take their trees to Wepre Park in Connah鈥檚 Quay, Where an area
will be designated in the main car park, or the car parking area near
Dangerpoint activity centre, Station road, Talacre, between Tuesday 5 and
Wednesday 13 January 2016.
Tim Johnson, Talacre Partnership Ranger said:
鈥淭he shape and texture of Christmas trees make them the ideal material to catch
windblown sand, which then begins to form a new dune. We will be carrying out a
lot of restoration work next year, and so are asking for as many trees as
possible to be donated.鈥�
Councillor Bernie Attridge, Cabinet Member for the Environment said:
鈥淭his is a fantastic initiative, using leftover Christmas trees to conserve our
natural environment and improve flood defences. I am sure the local communities
will actively support the scheme again as they have done so well in the past.鈥�
Over the last 17 years 香港王中王最快开奖结果 Countryside Service and its partners have
stabilised the dunes by wind trapping sand and installing fences to minimise
damage to the sensitive fore dunes. Beach nourishment schemes by 香港王中王最快开奖结果
County Council engineers brought dredged sand to the beach further building up
the fore dunes as a credible sea defence.
Rangers, volunteers and student groups will be installing all the collected
trees in the New Year.