For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Ancient horse logging techniques are being used to clear 8,000 trees infected with a dangerous disease.
The affected larch trees, and a buffer zone around them at Walker Fold Wood, within the Smithills estate north of Bolton, must be felled by law.
The woodland, popular with walkers, is to be closed until the summer of 2022 after several trees became infected by phytophthora ramorum.
There were fears that the disease could spread to nearby ‘irreplaceable’ oaks, hence the massive 10-month project to clear the trees, with the wood used for timber.
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