Sheffield City Council calls to to ban all burning

[jall55]

Guys
Maybe worth a letter to Tom Hunt - Sheffield City Council - as he calls to ban all burning on moors - in direct opposition to much of the evidence that finds that burning helps carbon capture and is good for biodiversity

Having been in Sheffield recently i would suggest that it has far more pressing concerns than this avenue it choses to go down

 

[jall55]

Guys
Maybe worth a letter to Tom Hunt - Sheffield City Council - as he calls to ban all burning on moors - in direct opposition to much of the evidence that finds that burning helps carbon capture and is good for biodiversity

Having been in Sheffield recently i would suggest that it has far more pressing concerns than this avenue it chooses to go down

 

[NullMac]

I was in Sheffield for the first time last month. A bit of burning would not go amiss

 

[75]

Guys
Maybe worth a letter to Tom Hunt - Sheffield City Council - as he calls to ban all burning on moors - in direct opposition to much of the evidence that finds that burning helps carbon capture and is good for biodiversity

Having been in Sheffield recently i would suggest that it has far more pressing concerns than this avenue it choses to go down

Got a link please? My stomping ground but not come across this (yet!)

 

[jall55]

Got a link please? My stomping ground but not come across this (yet!)

Not my thing buddy - Google Tom Hunt Sheffield City Council and press News

 

[zero]

All moorland needs a few patches of it burning every year, it helps new growth which in turn helps wildlife and also greatly reduces the build up of dead materials which can easily catch fire in a dry spell.
As for carbon released, only the top growth goes with regular burning and the carbon stored in the roots stays stored underground. If there's alot of top growth to catch fire then it burns the peat and damages the plant roots which releases far more carbon. But the tree huggers just can't seem to see that..

 

[jimmy milnes]

Got a link please? My stomping ground but not come across this (yet!)

Council leader calls for ban on moorland burning - BBC News

Tom Hunt wants legislation introduced to ban the practice of controlled burning.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Nimrod1960]

Nothing to do with preserving moors or wild life everything to do with hatred of tweed clad grouse killers.

 

[Tom270]

I read this, this morning, certain it goes against the true evidence of biodiversity and carbon capture. The wildfires in old woody heather are the carbon releasers and moorland destroyers.

 

[opticron1]

Ah yes.....Sheffield Council..... that'll be the same one that got a well deserved roasting for chopping down hundreds (or was it thousands?) of trees without any consultation and who's leader refused to stand down despite the furore......
Yep, just the sort of class warriors you need to start lecturing others about eco-friendly practices!

 

[jimmy milnes]

Got a link please? My stomping ground but not come across this (yet!)

Sheffield City Council considered killing healthy trees - report - BBC News

Councillors considered killing healthy trees to justify cutting them down, a review finds.

www.bbc.co.uk

Just another instance of reports on their behaviour

 

[75]

I was aware of all the shenanigans around the trees just hadn't heard this latest nonsense. I know it was a bad year for finding a slot in the weather for burning but the moor in question didn't help themselves by burning so close to the city with the wind blowing the smoke straight into town.

 

[Heym SR20]

Trouble with no regular burning is the fuel load of heather and grass just gets huge. When it does burn it will burn down to the peat and that will keep going.

Moorland, grasslands, even many woodland ecosystems are fire climax - they plants and animals are adapted to withstand regular but quick burning that recycles nutrients and gets rid of dead cover.

But when did politicians ever listen to good advice.