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Moss ‘speed bumps’ planted on Kinder Scout to curb flood risk and restore peat

Hundreds of thousands of sphagnum moss “speed bumps” are being planted to restore peatland and slow the flow of water on Kinder Scout, the National Trust has said.

The charity is restoring 526 hectares (1,300 acres) of peatland on Kinder Scout, a moorland that forms the highest point in and is famous for the mass trespass of

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