Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor, explains how sustainable woodland management, underpinned by timber income, is crucial to ensuring our woodlands continue to thrive. In this blog, Chris invites Nature Recovery...
...animals – it provides a window into the interconnected systems that sustain our woodlands, even in the harshest season. Forest of Dean in the snow. Credit: Forestry England Spot resident...
...to ensure that our forests continue to support nature, local communities and the wider economy for generations to come. Discover how woods can benefit your business or how to manage...
...behind some of the most damaging tree and plant diseases worldwide. These include Ramorum disease in Britain, sudden oak death in the US and Kauri dieback in New Zealand. Through...
...increasingly used across estates and in landscape-scale projects to reduce deer and squirrel impacts, whilst night vision helps deer managers increase their effectiveness within current legislation. Research into grey squirrel...
...the spread and/or introduction of tree pests, diseases, and invasive non-native species. It often surprises people how simple, inexpensive, and quick it can be to take these precautions, and what...
...incursion (inset: breeding galleries in the bark). Although the beetle poses no threat to human health, it can have a serious impact on our spruce trees. They bore into wood...
...increasing root development to encourage uptake of more water and reducing water loss from leaves during the hottest periods. Early signs include wilting of leaves/needles, and in these initial stages...
...putting forward project ideas for your area. We encourage communities to come together to make a difference to your local area and remember this special time. To get involved and...
...and how to apply for one. As the Government’s forestry experts, we are continuing to carry out our functions as the forestry industry regulator, as plant health inspector and as...
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