Daily Archives: 22 March, 2012

Chilterns LEADER – myForest – Inventory and mapping workshop – 23rd March

Sylva FoundationBy Gabriel Hemery 22 March, 2012

As part of the Chilterns LEADER project a myForest inventory and mapping meeting will be held at the Pavilion, Newlands Lane, Stoke Row (for the Cricket pitch). The meeting will start with an indoor presentation by Alistair Yeomans of the Sylva Foundation on the myForest woodland inventory toolkit, to help with the gathering of…

Chestnut blight in Britain

Sylva FoundationBy Gabriel Hemery 22 March, 2012

Chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (C. parasitica), has been confirmed in Britain for the first time by scientists from Forest Research. The blight was found on young trees in two small orchards of European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Warwickshire and East Sussex. The fungus infection is usually fatal to European sweet chestnut…