A LEYLAND college plans to get back to nature after launching a go-green project for the Millennium.

Although Runshaw College, based in Langdale Road, has long boasted about its picturesque grounds, which include several wooded areas, it has never worked towards preserving the area for the future.

Now college bosses have formed an environment committee in the hope that Runshaw will continue blooming well after the start of the new Millennium.

They are planning a series of projects to regenerate the wooded areas, which have often been described as one of the major attractions for students choosing Runshaw over its local rivals.

One of the college's conservation area's is a deep, wooded ravine which has a stream running through it.

Principal Bernard O'Connell is now preparing to give the green light for a series of replanting projects as well as several upgrading schemes which, it is hoped, will improve the quality of the woods at Runshaw.

College spokesman Jim Smith said: "We have more than 1,000 trees on our Langdale Road campus and we appreciate that we are very lucky to play host to the abundance of wildlife and birds which have lived there for decades.

"Before any extensions or building work is carried out at Runshaw, we have always thought about the effect it will have on the landscape, be it on the overall appearance of Runshaw and how it will affect the wildlife.

"As a result, we have a beautiful campus but there is always room for improvement and that is why we plan to launch a programme of regeneration in the woodland."

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