Tackling plastics in woodland creation

Katie Goldsbrough is one of our Woodland Officers in the East & East Midlands area. Here, Katie explains some of the partnership work the Forestry Commission is involved in to...
Katie Goldsbrough is one of our Woodland Officers in the East & East Midlands area. Here, Katie explains some of the partnership work the Forestry Commission is involved in to...
...East Riding of Yorkshire & Humberside along with South Wales and a new team developing within the North East of England. The Green Task Force has been gathering steady momentum...
...of reading up on tree pests and diseases, can be a good way to spend a wet day indoors. If you are in the East and South East of England,...
...UK, many of whom are looking to coppice more woodlands or can provide advice, contact your local National Coppice Federation Group. If you’re in the South West, North East or...
...Southeast and London, contact southeast.fce@forestrycommission.gov.uk. Biosecurity Pests such as Ips typographus can be spread through infested bark and vegetation. If you harvest spruce, ensure machinery is cleaned and free of...
Kate Hawley is the Forestry Commission Area Operations Manager for Yorkshire and the North East. Here she reflects on her experience of being a women in forestry and the significance...
...in East Devon (2015-2020) highlighted that the reintroduction of this keystone species offers the potential to enhance the biodiversity, water quality and flood resilience of our watercourses. Whilst some beaver-human...
...may become more suitable for tree growth in the future, hotter, drier conditions in the south and east are likely to limit yield for some species. Wildfire, erosion, pressures to...
...East Community Forest quickly followed, with another £480,000 of first year funding to underpin commitments that will see 500ha of woodland creation by 2025 with a long-term vision to increase...
...nature-based solutions to other environmental problems. Recent research from the University of East Anglia has highlighted the importance of a woodland canopy to wild bees, one of the most significant...