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More cash to tackle willow threat at wetland
More cash to tackle willow threat at wetland23 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAndy GiddingsWest MidlandsTelford and Wrekin Council A yellow mechanical digger with black tracks in an area of brown grassland with a grassy hill in the backgroundTelford and Wrekin CouncilThe council said machinery with extra-wide tracks would be used in order to minimise damage to the environment

More work will be carried out to prevent an invasion of willow plants which are threatening a wetland area, a council says.

Telford and Wrekin Council has already spent £39,000 on the work to protect Muxton Marsh, including £9,000 from Severn Trent.

The water company has now given another £10,000 to pay for the work to continue over the next five years.

The Site of Special Scientific Interest lies within Granville Local Nature Reserve and was given protected status in 1987.

The council said contractors would use machinery with wide tracks to reduce damage from them to the area of wildflower grassland, marshy fen and wet woodland.

A spokesperson said the Muxton marshland had struggled because the willow plants dried out the fen.

Councillor Carolyn Healy described Muxton Marsh as "the jewel in the crown of Granville Local Nature Reserve and home to valuable wildlife habitats".

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Originally reported by BBC News