{"id":7248,"date":"2015-11-03T20:34:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=7248"},"modified":"2015-11-03T20:34:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:34:50","slug":"volunteers-in-cornwall-go-ash-tagging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/volunteers-in-cornwall-go-ash-tagging\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers in Cornwall go ash tagging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week volunteers got hands-on tagging ash trees in Cornwall; taking part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/livingashproject.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Ash Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteers were supported by\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamarvalley.org.uk\/projects\/hh4h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helping Hands for Heritage project<\/a>, funded by Heritage Lottery, aiming to expand the potential of volunteering in the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where they are\u00a0working towards protecting and caring for its remarkable natural and cultural heritage. Volunteers gathered at National Trust property Antony House to learn about ash dieback and how to tag ash trees so that the trees\u00a0can be included\u00a0in our collaborative research.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-7248 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/tvaonb_image001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Helping Hands for Heritage volunteers at Tamar Valley AONB learning how to tag ash trees, and contribute towards the Living Ash Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image001-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7249'>\n\t\t\t\t\tVolunteers learning about ash dieback\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/tvaonb_image002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Helping Hands for Heritage volunteers at Tamar Valley AONB learning how to tag ash trees, and contribute towards the Living Ash Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image002-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image002-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7250'>\n\t\t\t\t\tEstimating tree size\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/tvaonb_image003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Helping Hands for Heritage volunteer at Tamar Valley AONB learning how to tag ash trees, and contribute towards the Living Ash Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image003-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image003-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7251'>\n\t\t\t\t\tAttaching an ash tag\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/tvaonb_image004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Helping Hands for Heritage volunteers at Tamar Valley AONB learning how to tag ash trees, and contribute towards the Living Ash Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image004-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image004-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image004-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7252'>\n\t\t\t\t\tCompleting the simple survey\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All photos (c) Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Living Ash Project<\/em>\u00a0needs more\u00a0volunteers to help find ash trees that may have some tolerance to ash dieback, and to include them in a breeding programme to secure a future for this precious native tree species.<\/p>\n<p>We have a limited number of free ash tags to give away to individual volunteers, who can request these via our webform &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/livingashproject.org.uk\/tags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. If you run a volunteer group that may be interested in getting involved, <a href=\"http:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please contact Gabriel Hemery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week volunteers got hands-on tagging ash trees in Cornwall; taking part in the Living Ash Project. . Interested in volunteering? We have some free tags to give away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,79,246],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TVAONB_image003.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}