{
  "id": 5917213,
  "title": "‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/britains-yellowstone-restoration-project-aims-to-take-the-greed-out",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-06T05:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/06/britain-yellowstone-restoration-project-take-greed-out-land-acquisition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Emblehope Moor, a 7,500-acre rewilding site in Northumberland, has been purchased for £8.5m by Restore, a company focused on nature restoration. The project aims to bring back golden eagles, curlews, black grouse, and beavers, as the area was once a grouse shooting, sheep farming estate, and dog-training ground. After attracting investors and repaying a £4.5m loan from Triodos Bank, the site will be transferred to local community or charitable ownership. Benedict Macdonald, founder and director of Restore, emphasizes the project's commitment to a capitalist and community model, seeking to leave the land well-funded for future use. Emblehope Moor, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, already hosts raptors, trout, salmon, red squirrels, and pine martens. The restoration process involves rewetting parched peatland, removing non-native Sitka spruce, and introducing Exmoor ponies to reduce fire risks and improve grass diversity. The plantation of Sitka spruce will be removed, benefiting certain species but potentially displacing others. While lynx reintroduction is a topic of discussion, Macdonald is hesitant due to opposition from local sheep farmers.",
  "summary": "Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners It is difficult to find the most remote place in England. There is no public transport, no roads and no sign of any human habitation. Online route finders mistakenly direct cars up a grassy track. But miles along gravel forest roads in the far north of Northumberland is the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}