The Cydcoed Welsh woodland programme is being extended until 2008 with £12m extra grant funding from the European Union and the Welsh Assembly.
The first project to be given funding as part of Cydcoed II, which uses woodlands to help communities deliver jobs, green space and community benefits, is at Pwllcrochan Woods, Colwyn. It will include an outdoor classroom to help local children learn more about wildlife and the environment.
Meanwhile, another project at Colywn called Fairy Glen, one of the first to be completed in north Wales as part of the original programme, has been officially opened.
A £90,000 grant paid for transforming the small wooded River Colwyn valley into a community resource. Overgrown woodland was thinned, safety fencing and handrails installed, a millstream cleaned out, riverbanks restored and a nature trail and other paths put in to improve access from local housing estates.
