Suffolk County Council to invest £110,000 to protect county's trees and hedgerows
The council has planted around 250,000 trees over the past several years
Last updated 17th Jan 2023
Suffolk County Council says it plans to invest an additional £110,000 into looking after the county's trees and hedgerows over the next year.
The cash will go towards managing trees on council owned land, especially larger more ancient trees.
Over the past couple of years the County Council has planted around 250,000 trees in partnership with the Woodland Trust.
Suffolk County Council’s Deputy Leader Richard Rout said:
“Planting thousands of trees in Suffolk is one of the ways we are working to reverse the decline in Suffolk’s biodiversity, by providing habitats for our wildlife."
"As a council, we have made a commitment to improve the biodiversity on at least 30% of our own estate by 2030.
“I’m delighted to support this additional money to enhance the work we are already doing to protect our trees and hedgerows.
"We have a dedicated team which oversees all our natural environment work and we recently recruited to a new position, a Senior Arboricultural Officer, to help deploy our tree management strategy.
“Along with the support of The Woodland Trust, Suffolk Tree Warden Network and local communities, we continue to care for our new and existing trees and hedgerows, and the wildlife that depends on them.”