William Bunting (eco-warrior)

William Bunting
Bornc. 1912
DiedJanuary 1995
Doncaster, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Amateur naturalist
Eco-warrior

William Bunting (c. 1912 – January 1995[1]) was an amateur naturalist and eco-warrior who is credited with saving the wildlife habitat of Thorne Moors from the planned dumping of 32 million tons of fuel-ash,[2][3] peat-cutting and drainage, and for campaigning for the reinstatement of public footpaths on maps of the same Moors.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Archives was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Thorne Moors : A Palaeoecological Study of a Bronze Age Site", by P.C. Buckland, p.6
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