The UK can expect more large rural fires with global warming. After burning, how can the landscape and vegetation of our moorlands and heathlands best be restored, and their vital ecosystem services—such as carbon sequestration—be maintained? Paul Hughes and Mary Edwards will be collaborating with Bjorn Robroek (IfLS) on a new NERC urgency grant to investigate how to best manage the all-important below-ground recovery of upland vegetation after recent wildfires.