UPM Tilhill funds new road to access land-locked Scottish timber
The UKs leading forestry and timber harvesting company has provided co-funding for a timber transport road on Mull and helped make Scotlands first community forest purchase under the national forest land scheme financially sustainable. The North West Mull community, which purchased 700ha of woodland from Forestry Commission Scotland as part of the National Forest Land […]
2011 UPM Timber Bulletin out now
The latest UPM Tilhill Timber Bulletin highlights the fact that the weak pound has benefited the timber industry significantly over the past 18 months. The bulletin called ‘Trends and influences on the UK standing coniferous timber sales market is published once a year as an aid to growers and forest managers. It looks at imports, […]
Thorpe Trees completes contract at farm diversification project – Hilton Fishing Lakes
Leading tree nursery Thorpe Trees, based in Thorpe Underwood, near York, has recently completed the second stage of its contract at Hilton House Farm, Stockton on Tees, to provide the full tree planting and landscaping programme for its Hilton Fishing Lakes project, which was opened to the public in 2010. The first stage of the […]
Larch tree disease found in Cumbria
Ramorum disease of larch trees has been found in Cumbria for the first time. The disease, which kills larch trees very quickly and is a recent arrival in Britain, has been confirmed in two woods in the Eskdale Valley in western Cumbria. Larch trees produce large quantities of the spores that spread the disease, […]
Larch Tree Disease found in new areas of Britain
Ramorum disease of larch trees has been found in two new areas of Great Britain.Outbreaks have been confirmed in larch woodlands in Lancashire, England, and on the island of Mull in western Scotland.The Lancashire outbreak, in woodland managed by Lancashire County Council at Churn Clough Reservoir between Burnley and Clitheroe, is the second confirmed […]
Important new guidance published on protecting forests from pests and diseases
Two British experts made key contributions to important new international guidance for people involved in efforts to protect trees, woods and forests from pests and diseases. The Guide to implementation of phytosanitary standards in forestry has just been published by the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO). It sets out information about internationally recommended […]
Strategy launched to tackle pest and disease threats to Britains trees
A new strategy for protecting Britains trees and forests from pests and diseases was launched today. This is an interim strategy, pending an integrated cross-government approach to biosecurity following the current EU review of its plant health regime. It is a response to the increasing threat to trees and woods from pests and diseases arising […]
Forestry U-turn disappointing, says CLA, but debate is welcome
The CLA today (17 February) said it was disappointed the proposed privatisation of State-owned forestry has been abandoned by the Government but welcomed the public debate on the issue. CLA President William Worsley, an experienced and award-winning private forester, said: It is disappointing because we are instinctively in favour of private rather than public ownership […]
The public speaks out over accelerated sales of ancient woodland
As Woodland Trust campaign to save England’s ancient forests hits 80,000 signatures, leading political figures lock horns in Westminster As the House of Commons debates an Opposition Day motion on 2 February on the Public Forest Estate (PFE) tabled by the Labour Party, the Woodland Trust campaign petition to save England’s ancient forests has reached […]
