...supplementary actions, you can apply for funding to support capital works in your woodland. Defra have published a list of new capital items available under Higher Tier. You will need...
...and create new opportunities. 'Buying local' is becoming increasingly important to customers resulting in an exciting shift towards the creation of markets that prioritise and promote the use of locally...
James Bickley, the Forestry Commission’s Local Partnership Adviser for the North West and West Midlands, shares details of a new, life changing initiative. One that creates training opportunities and a...
...(where the top of the tree has been cut to encourage new growth) and those with no heavy limbs and seemingly healthy, were removed without obvious cause. An ash tree...
...on a variety of new challenges within the forestry sector. Some of my cohort graduates have secured roles within the Forestry Commission, taking on vital roles as Woodland Officers, Regulations...
...regeneration. Instead, fungi transform death into the foundation for new life, ensuring the continuous renewal that sustains thriving forests. Green elf cup is a saprobic fungus that stains deadwood blue,...
...way for woodlands to naturally regenerate and expand: holly grows beneath oak, hawthorn colonises clearings and ivy climbs new trees because birds carried seeds from parent plants. This winter, watch...
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...Arboretum. The tour will continue throughout 2019 and the images have also been immortalised in a new book – Celebrating Our Oaks. Alan Price with 'Oak Sunrise' take on a...
What is the fund? The HS2 Woodland Fund offers support for planting new native woodland and restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites within a 25-mile zone surrounding the HS2 route...
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