{"id":3833,"date":"2012-11-21T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2012-11-21T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:30:41","slug":"adopt-an-ash-and-help-secure-a-future-for-ash-trees-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/adopt-an-ash-and-help-secure-a-future-for-ash-trees-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopt an Ash and help secure a future for ash trees in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adopt an Ash on TreeWatch.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The outbreak of ash dieback caused by Chalara fraxinea<\/em> <\/em>is a serious threat to the future survival of ash in Britain. We want volunteers to Adopt an Ash<\/strong> in readiness for a major survey that we will launch in late Spring 2013. This is a new TreeWatch survey that is being developed with our partners.<\/p>\n

As one of Britain’s most common trees, the loss of up to 90% of ash trees across of our countryside and our streets, is expected to have a massive and long-lasting impact on the landscape and woodland ecology.<\/p>\n

You can help find ‘resistant’ ash trees across the country and track the development of the disease. Your data will be shared with a consortium of forestry and horticultural experts. By adopting your ash tree now you will be ready to take part in a robust scientific survey to be launched Early Spring, by which time the disease will be easy to spot.<\/p>\n

We recognise that there are other volunteer projects in existence, such as Ashtag, but we believe that we are well-placed to collect and share data with partners through our tried and tested TreeWatch initiative with the following unique and important objectives:<\/p>\n