Picture of Brampton Fell Moss
In 1982 the Brampton Beck flooded:
The Brampton Beck rises at Brampton Fell Moss which is just opposite the Brampton railway Station. Thanks to local historian Iain Parsons for the photo.
Brampton 2 Zero realized that Brampton Fell Moss had a massive capacity to store carbon and so set about scoping a regeneration scheme.
B2Z director, Philip Sage wrote a report LINK which was used to look for supporters for this project. This led them to work with the Environment Agency in Penrith to submit a grant for a Natural Flood Management scheme which was successful.
A Grant of £247k has been awarded to the scheme and Eden Rivers Trust have been given the contract to Project manage the scheme.
Contractors have been chosen for for the two projects: restoration of the Brampton Fell Moss and a bund for holding the water in the lower field (see diagram below) 
On 19th October there was a Bioblitz session of the Brampton Fell Moss.
The aim is for the Moss to become a citizen science project with members of the community measuring the water quality. biodiversity and other aspects of moss regeneraion. These photos show our first event.
The first photo shows the group measuring the depth of the moss which was 5m deep. 5,000 years of peat formation.
