Good Woods advisor uses heavy horses to transform sensitive woodland sites
One of the B&Q Good Woods project advisors, Matt Waller, explains how heavy horses can help in managing sensitive woodland sites.
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Summary of British Woodlands 2012 survey published in RICS Land Journal
In advance of the full report of the British Woodlands 2012 survey being released by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a summary article has been published in the RICS Land Journal, written by Sylva’s Alistair Yeomans.
Good Woods supports Nonsuch Voles community volunteer group
A Good Woods visit to Nonsuch Park, in the London Borough of Sutton, provides support to a community volunteer group, the Nonsuch Voles, and will help in mapping the woodland, creating a woodland management plan, and linking them to other community groups.
Ash dieback discovered in Dorset
In the week that AshTag relaunched to enable citizens to report both healthy and diseased ash trees Chalara fraxinea or ash dieback, was discovered in a thirteenth county in England.
Good Woods supports dormouse habitat in Kent woodland
The Heaths Countryside Corridor received a visit from woodland advisor Mike Phillips on 14th August through the Good Woods project. The charity local to the villages of Charing Heath and Lenham Heath in Kent purchased Hurst Wood from the company that owns High Speed 1 after the woodland had been dissected by the building of the new railway. It was bought with the intention of allowing responsible public access and to safeguard the wildlife that has made Hurst Wood its home.
Chilterns Woodland Project – myForest LEADER project in News of the Woods
Earlier this year the Chilterns myForest LEADER project was completed. The project was a partnership between the Chilterns Woodland Project (CWP) and the Sylva Foundation. An overview of the project can be found in the CWP’s News of the Woods newsletter and Annual Report.
Chalara fraxinea – dieback of ash Advisory Note
The Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are advising owners to extend their vigilance to ash trees planted up to 20 years ago as a part of work to develop further our under- standing of the impact of the disease on ash of this age. Large quantities of ash were imported from parts of…
New eWGS grant timescales announced
Forestry Commission England has just announced timescales for applying for and receiving grant funding under the current eWGS system.
Education Programmes Manager with the RFS
The Royal Forestry Society is inviting applications for the full-time post of Education Programmes Manager to develop and deliver educational initiatives that meet ….
Director for Forestry and Rural Enterprise appointed
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Orsi to a new position in Sylva, as Director for Forestry & Rural Enterprise. Paul joins us from Blenheim Palace where …