Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, looks at four mammals that contribute to forest ecosystems and discusses how balanced woodland management can support both wildlife conservation and forestry objectives.
Rachel Harries is the Forestry Commission’s Marketing and Communications Manager. For this month's 'Into the woods' blog, she writes about the role cattle play in her local woodland.
Rachel Bates and Russell Critchley are Woodland Biodiversity Advisors at the Small Woods Association. In this guest blog they reveal how a five-year project is enhancing biodiversity in woodlands in England and Wales.
Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, shares some woodland ground flora that can be found at this time of year and what they reveal about the woodland environment.
MacBradan Bones, a Nature Recovery Advisor for the Forestry Commission, gives his advice on what management work you should be doing in your woodland this season.
Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, shares how wood ants act as a keystone species in promoting a healthy woodland ecosystem.
Chris Watson is the Forestry Commission's Woodland Resilience Advisor. Here he outlines the principles and wider environmental, economic and social benefits of sustainable forest management and timber harvesting through the UK Forestry Standard.
For this month's 'Into the woods' blog, Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest and Forest Management Director Craig Harrison explores the special status and management of the New Forest.
Alan Reid is our Nature Recovery Advisor in the West Midlands. Here he explores why woodlands are such excellent habitats for these enigmatic creatures, and how woodland owners and managers might help them.
Becky Hawkey, the Forestry Commission’s Environmental Land Management Team Manager, outlines the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier offer and how different funding actions within the grant stack together to help bring woodland into effective management.
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