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How Human Activities and Processes on the North Yorkshire Moors have affected the Enviroment
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How Human Activities and Processes on the North Yorkshire Moors have affected the Enviroment In the 1940's and 50's gripping was introduced to the North Yorkshire Moors. Gripping was when Farmers got grants from the goverment to dig miles of trenches (ditches) 50cm deep, to drain wet areas of heath and blanket bog. There were advantages and disadvantages to this though. Gripping would improve the Moors as there would be less water going into the rivers, instead rainfall would go into the grips, therefore the water could be drunk by any lifestock in the fields. Before, when there where no grips it was safer for sheep to graze and play safely but now over the years that the grips have been there,it has caused hazardous for sheep as they could either fall into the watery depths of the grips, or worse farmers lose lambs and sheep, which fall deep into deep,...
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