Year: 2013
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Woodland and forestry training
Rebecca Butler from the Woodland Enterprise Centre at Flimwell has written to us with news of some interesting training courses which can be subsidised by the Development Programme for England (RDPE). For more details of any of the courses, please contact her directly at the address below.
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Good Woods
Good Woods – Free Woodland Advice for Landowners and Managers Today, in England alone, it is estimated that more than 45% of our woodlands are either unmanaged or under-managed. However the woods in the High and Low Weald have a long history of management stretching back into pre-history. Iconic species, such as dormice &…
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Working in the Woods – The Ultimate Therapy
When my mother died just before Christmas, it was a bit of a shock. I suppose it should not have been unexpected, she was 80 and in poor health, but all the same when she succumbed to a stroke in just a matter of hours, the whole family was left with a numbness and disbelief…
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Certification Help for Small Woods – FSC launches Smallholder Fund
The new FSC Smallholder Fund, which offers financial assistance for FSC and non-FSC certified forests, to put in place the systems etc that they require, in order to seek or maintain FSC certification is available now. The fund will be accepting applications each year, but the deadline for submitting the first-round, pre-selection questionnaire has been…
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SWOG at Woodfairs
You will have noticed from the newletter round up that there are a lot of wood fairs happening around the country at this time of year. These are a really great opportunity to get out and see what everyone is getting up to in the ‘woody’ world. Most of the fairs will have a nice…
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Alvecote Wood is top of the Tree!
Many congratulations to SWOG’s own Sarah Walters and her husband Stephen, winners of the Royal Forestry Society’s Excellence in Forestry awards in the Small Woodlands category. Sarah has written a wonderful blog about how they did it here. Read it and be inspired!
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Hi Tech Approach to Wildlife Recording!
The Rother Guardians have secured funding from the High Weald AONB for a high tec approach to recording wildlife! Find out what it’s all about on a 2 hour walk about at Brede High woods on Saturday June 1st More details on the flier, or contact Matt Pitts directly Matt Pitts Woodland & Cultural Landscape…
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SWOG Meeting – Pluckley
Swog members joined Alex Bienfait in his beautiful and diverse woodland in Pluckley at the weekend for a meeting with the theme of small scale extraction of timber. We are indebted to Alex not only for his hospitality but also for arranging a demonstration of some timber moving equipment by Keith Douglas from the Micro…
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Forest research Survey
Laura Henderson from Forest Research at Alice Holt has sent a request for woodland owners and manager to comoplete a quick survey evaluation the conversion of non native conifer to native species. No more than 5 mins so no hardship! The link is below, thanks.