...industry supplying raw material essential to our response to coronavirus. Despite the outbreak, machine operators continue to harvest and hauliers continue to move roundwood from roadside to mill. Wood processors...
...like tool handles to large diameter “standard” trees for timber. These methods created diverse, multi-aged native woodlands that supported rich biodiversity and are still utilised today. By 1900, however, woodland...
...woodland? How are you going to access the site? What can you do now to save you some legwork further down the line? How will you manage other plants and...
...could grow trees but could also be used to establish other habitat types. We can look to see how planting further afield, for example in river catchment areas, could help...
...Simon Bell’s Woodland Design workshops back in 1997 and here I am today, 26 years later delivering those workshops. The workshops set out how applying UKFS guidelines and requirements to...
...want to provide access to design their woods for people to enjoy. Forestry England continue to break down barriers for visitors and welcome everyone into the nation’s forests. This includes:...
...journals and letters, photos and tools were on show… it was a wonderful and immersive experience which took us back to the Lake District, and the Forest of Dean, almost...
...a good number of people hours to produce. How can the Forestry Commission help? We can help you develop a woodland management plan to better inform management decisions in your...
...introduced into the UK. The government has put in place rigorous controls to prevent introductions, but it's really important that we as individuals do as much as we can to...
...around the landscape, including through urban areas, and will become even more important as climate change makes some places too hot, too wet, too dry, or too unpredictable for species...
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