More cash to tackle willow threat at wetland
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Andy Giddings
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Telford and Wrekin Council
The council said machinery with extra-wide tracks would be used in order to minimise damage to the environment
More work will be carried out to prevent an invasion of willow plants which are threatening a wetland area, a council says.
Telford and Wrekin Council has already spent £39,000 on the work to protect Muxton Marsh, including £9,000 from Severn Trent.
The water company has now given another £10,000 to pay for the work to continue over the next five years.
The Site of Special Scientific Interest lies within Granville Local Nature Reserve and was given protected status in 1987.
The council said contractors would use machinery with wide tracks to reduce damage from them to the area of wildflower grassland, marshy fen and wet woodland.
A spokesperson said the Muxton marshland had struggled because the willow plants dried out the fen.
Councillor Carolyn Healy described Muxton Marsh as "the jewel in the crown of Granville Local Nature Reserve and home to valuable wildlife habitats".
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