News & Events
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Books: Practical Forestry by Cyril Hart
From Living Woods issue 63 Woodland agent RUTH FELTHAM, no stranger to silvicultural terminology and a hands-on woodland manager, reviews a 60-year-old forestry classic PRACTICAL FORESTRY FOR THE AGENT AND SURVEYOR Cyril Hart The History Press Paperback (4th Edition) 696 pages RRP £40 ISBN 9780750999410 Upon first appearance this encyclopaedic tome could also be titled…
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News update 14/11/22
The RFS are hosting a free Barriers to Woodland Management Workshop in Canterbury on Thursday 17th Nov, to help increase understanding of the issues facing good woodland management in Kent and find ways to overcome them. Booking info here. The Forestry Commission and Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service are hosting a free woodland creation workshop on…
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From the Archive: Axes
Carlton Boyce gets a handle on axes and hymns his favourite make, Gränsfors Bruk From Living Woods Issue 41 The invention of the axe transformed the way primitive man practised agriculture. Wielding an axe enabled him to create pasture from forest, build shelters, cut firewood and defend himself from attack. The invention of the axe…
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