In 2006 a fire swept across Ilkley Moor, fanned by winds, it took eight days to control and left an area of 400 acres devastated. The fire had burnt through the peat to the gritstone, leaving it vulnerable to wind and water erosion without any top cover. Not only that, the heather protected ground nesting birds like the grouse and plover. This video looks at the restoration work and how it could be responded to again in the future.
