Work to chop down 500 trees in the Nidd Gorge has been delayed until next week.
The Woodlands Trust, which is a conservation charity that owns Nidd Gorge, says the trees are infected and need to be felled.
They have a disease called phytophthora ramorum, which is having a devastating impact on native trees.
Government body Forestry England has given the trust permission to fell the trees before the disease spreads further.
Work, which will be accompanied by footpath closures, was due to begin yesterday.
A map showing the first planned footpath closure.
But it is now expected to start on Monday next week and will take between four to six weeks, the trust has said.
As part of the tree felling, a footpath between Bilton Beck footbridge and Milers Fork will be closed.
Paul Bunton, community engagement officer at the trust, said previously:
“It is devastating news for our site team and visitors that we are having to reluctantly fell these diseased trees at Nidd Gorge to protect others. Phytophthora ramorum, while of no risk to the public, is one of the biggest threats to our native tree species at the site.
“Nidd Gorge is and will remain a really popular and cherished woodland close to Harrogate and Knaresborough and we ask the public to bear with us while we carry out the work.”
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