...to the vents hidden in the trees connected to mining shafts that remain underground. Links between the industrial past and the wooded present become obvious when you know what to...
...I have lived in the Forest of Dean nearly all my life and have spent countless pleasurable hours walking its woodlands, I am still discovering new and interesting areas to...
...woodland at the bottom of slopes can intercept run-off, reduce agricultural pollution, help rain soak into the soil and reduce flooding and nutrients impacting protected sites regular flooding may make...
...invited to the consultation event. Who should be involved in consultation? Consider who is in the room and who is not, to avoid a vocal minority dominating your meeting when...
...with an abundance of insects, ample shelter from predators and reprieve from the heat. During active months, they shelter under fallen logs, in leaf litter and within rock crevices, emerging...
Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Adviser, 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...
...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence This permanence in the landscape meant people could make real landscape change. This came in the form of building the first...
...rides and edges will become increasingly important as stepping stones and refuges for wildlife. Investment in woodland management is investment in the resilience of our precious woodland ecosystems. Creating and...
...be covered at the Agroforestry Show in September. Ten years ago, agroforestry – the practice of integrating trees into a farm’s land use – was a little-known concept in...
...and support wider landscape management. Recent barn renovation completed using locally grown and milled oak, larch and Douglas fir. Credit: Chris Watson Turning trees into timber In the UK we...
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