THE Environment Secretary visited a mid Cheshire woodland to find out about a pioneering conservation project.
Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visited Delamere Forest and found out about a scheme to reintroduce a species of dragonfly that became extinct at the site in 2003.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust launched the three-year project to reintroduce white-faced darter dragonflies in 2014.
Young dragonfly larvae have been translocated from strongholds in Staffordshire and Shropshire and already signs of breeding have been seen in the forest's nationally important mosslands.
Miss Truss met Katie Piercy, Delamere Mossland’s officer, Chris Meredith, Delamere conservation officer, Charlotte Harris, the trust's chief executive, and Weaver Vale MP Graham Evans.
She said: “I was delighted to be invited to Delamere Forest by Graham to meet the Cheshire Wildlife Trust and to hear all about their project to reintroduce the white-faced darter dragonfly.
“Cheshire’s Meres and Mosses are some of our rarest habitats and it was great to see the work that's going on to restore them and the important wildlife they support.”
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