Cornwall Wildlife Trust awarded £265k grant for rewilding
Project Tor to Shore aims to restore land and marine habitats in mid Cornwall
A project aiming to restore land and marine habitats in mid Cornwall has been granted £265,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The money will be used on Cornwall Wildlife Trust's new project called Tor to Shore, which focuses on rewilding and conservation, the trust said.
They added, if the scheme was successful they could see a further £3 million in funding.
Tor to Shore builds on work carried out by the trust over the past 18 months.
Tamworth pigs and English Longhorn cattle now roam and graze amongst wet woodland and heathland, and two beavers arrived at the site in February.
Staff said the charity was planning on applying for a wild release licence for beavers at Helman Tor.
The Tor to Shore project also covers St Austell Bay, which is home to one of the UK’s largest subtidal seagrass beds and extensive maerl beds.
A spokesperson from the National Lottery said, "We look forward to working with the team to progress their plans to apply for a full grant at a later date."