Is your woodland a home for hedgehogs?
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.
Navigating Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier funding for effective woodland management
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.
Into the woods: the value of amenity woodlands
Join us for this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog by Helen Townsend, the Forestry Commission’s Head of People, Landscape and Historic Environment. To mark Take a Walk Outdoors Day, she shares the value from having access to nature.
5 tips for Environmental Land Management in-field agroforestry applications
Agroforestry Advisor James Ramskir-Gardiner shares tips for getting the most from your Environmental Land Management (ELM) In-Field Agroforestry application.
Getting ready to apply for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will open applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier from summer 2025. Find out how you can get ready to apply.
Into the woods: enhancing local history with woodland and green space
Join us for this month's this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog by Regulations and Incentives Support Officer Tab Robinson, who explores how woodland can help connect communities with the roots of their local community.
Following in my family's forestry footsteps
Ian Everard is a Field Manager in the Yorkshire and North East team and has been in forestry for 43 years. Ian talks about his journey into forestry, what inspired him and why it’s been such a rewarding experience.
Tree planting at Silver Hill: four years later
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Shaun Purkiss-McEndoo, Posted on:
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Tree planting, Woodland creation, Woodland management
Find out how Shaun Purkiss-McEndoo, Head Forester at Zetland Estates, is transforming Silver Hill into productive woodland.
Into the woods: resilience for the future
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Jon Burgess, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change and resilience, Into the woods series, Tree planting, Woodland management
Join us for this month's 'Into the woods' blog by Resilience Officer Jon Burgess, who shares how silvicultural techniques used at a woodland in Devon has built resilience against the impacts of climate change.
The benefits of mosses, liverworts and lichen
Find out how these often-overlooked plants play their part in woodland ecosystems.
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