Partnership’s 15th anniversary to be celebrated in Bogtastic style
The Moors for the Future Partnership will celebrate its 15th anniversary with the launch of a state-of-the-art Bogtastic van.
The local MP, Ruth George, and award-winning folk singer Bella Hardy – who wowed guests at BogFest last year - are set to attend a special
celebration event on Friday 16th February.
The Bogtastic van will travel across the Peak District and South Pennines to spread the word about why healthy moorlands are so important. Members of the public in town and city centres will get the chance to experience the sights, sounds, smells and textures of the moors.
Since its inception in 2003, the Moors for the Future Partnership has been working to protect the peat moors of the Peak District and South Pennines; some of the most degraded landscape in Europe.
The Bogtastic van – coming to a place near you very soon!
Student project aims to discover how conservation work affects release of greenhouse gases
A university research project aims to discover how the restoration of moorland affects the release of harmful greenhouse gases.
Bangor University student, Bethany Howes, is working with Moors for the Future Partnership (MFFP) to see if different types of land management
can alter how much carbon is stored by moorland ecosystems.
Bethany’s project will cover three previously damaged areas of the Dark Peak, in the Peak District National Park, which have received varying levels of conservation works by MFFP, and compare these to a pristine, undamaged area. It is hoped that conservation work, involving the planting of crucial sphagnum moss, will slow down the release of greenhouse gases. The thinking is, the better and more established the restoration; the less carbon will be released from the peat-soils. Discover more.
Download new app to learn more about conservation works after wildfires
A new app game is now available to download, for people to learn more about the devastating effects of wildfire on peat moors. 
Players can help Lizzy Lizard, whose peatland home has been destroyed by wildfire, to see the moors turn from barren and black, to lush and colourful once more. Try coordinating helicopter flights, sowing moorland berries and seeds, and planting sphagnum mosses.
The game is accessible on tablets inside the Bogtastic van but is now also available to download by android tablet and phone users, via the Google Play Store.
