Flow to the Future project clears the first hurdle

The funding application for the Flow to the Future project is over the first hurdle and has passed the first stage of the application for Lottery funding.  Under the project, seven square miles of peatlands may be restored in Caithness.  for more details see the BBC news article and the article in The Scotsman.

This is excellent news and an important step forward for everyone with an interest in making more of Scotland's 3 billion tonnes of peat.  The Peatland Working Group of the Moorland Forum will be delighted to support this initiative.