Science
Big Plans to Protect the Cairngorms
A big fire burned wild land in the Cairngorms in Scotland.
It burned moorland and forest for more than a month.
Now nature experts want to stop fires like this again.
They will make wide gaps in the plants called fire breaks.
They will also dig more ponds to hold water.
Wet peatland helps too, so people will look after it.
Ben Oliver-Jones works for RSPB Scotland at Abernethy nature reserve.
Big words
- moorland
- Open wild land with low bushes and grass
- heather
- A small purple bush that grows on hills
- fire break
- A wide gap with no plants to stop fire
- peatland
- Very wet ground made of old squashed plants
- nature reserve
- A place kept safe for plants and animals
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