Irish Wildlife Trust claims parts of Glenveagh National Park are being destroyed

The Irish Wildlife Trust is claiming that illegal dumping and large scale turf harvesting are threatening Glenveagh National Park.
In a letter to management at Glenveagh, the trust says large areas of sensitive habitat are being destroyed by what it claims is the use of machines to extract large volumes of turf on a commercial scale. The trust also claims new drains have been created to dry out the blanket bog habitat to facilitate turf extraction.
The Irish Wildlife Trust’s Campaigns Officer is Pádraic Fogarty…………..

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