The slow, muddy work of saving ancient bogs
Sarah Hickey and her team help keep nearly 20,000 acres of upland in the Isle of Man healthy.
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"It's important to keep that carbon locked away and not released to the atmosphere."
— Sarah Hickey , Activist
"It grows in peatland habitats, but it also creates them."
— Sarah Hickey , Activist
"Straight away there were dragonflies in that pool laying eggs."
— Sarah Hickey , Activist
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Sarah Hickey and her team help keep nearly 20,000 acres of upland in the Isle of Man healthy.
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