Can trees stop Lake District floods?
Volunteers have planted 1,400 native trees in the Lake District to help prevent future flooding. New woodlands and wildlife corridors have been created by groups, including schoolchildren, who joined National Trust rangers to plant trees in five locations in February, this year. The National Trust’s first mass planting project included 500 trees planted at Coledale, two miles from Braithwaite, an area hit by landslides during 2015’s Storm Desmond. The storm left the National Trust with a £1million clean-up bill and it is hoped the trees will help trap rainwater to prevent similar events.