A SUCCESSFUL project that has saved some of the rarest native wildflowers in the region is set to receive extra funding to extend the scheme.
The Cornfield Flowers Project was set up more than ten years ago in response to concerns that almost all the wildflowers in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park (NYMNPA) area had disappeared.
Many wildflowers can only grow in wheat and cornfields and have been put at risk by the growth in herbicides.
The project is run in partnership by the Carstairs Countryside Trust, NYMNPA and the Ryedale Folk Museum, and aims to support the natural biodiversity of the region and reverse the trend toward extinction of indigenous plants.
The partnership has made a request for £80,000 of funding from the NYMNPA, which will hold a special authority committee meeting on Thursday, November 12, to decide if the funding should be released.
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