Thorne, Crowle and Goole Moors form part of the largest raised
mire system in England. Over many centuries, beginning in the 17th
Cenury, the moors and their surroundings have been drained,
agriculturtally improved and mined for peat. These activities have
left a legacy of reduced biodiversity and environmantal damaga in
and around the moor which, under the Euroopean Habitats Directive,
the UK Government is now addressing.
Work by Natural England has already brought much of the bog into
favourable condition, since commercial peat milling ceased on site
in the last decade. It is this solid foundation upon which this
project will build over the next five years.
