Wildfire-ravaged habitats could take centuries to recover, environmentalists say
Habitats belonging to snakes and rare moths have been destroyed after the wildfires this summer.
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"This year seems to have been worse, I would say, than any of the ones I can remember."
— Nick Thomas , Other
"The soil had turned to dust right down to the rock after the nature reserve lost about a third of its 150 acres."
— Julian Thompson , Activist
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Habitats belonging to snakes and rare moths have been destroyed after the wildfires this summer.
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