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Hello everyone
Welcome to our summer ancient tree-mail.
Are you passionate enough about
ancient trees to help us take our Ancient Tree Hunt Project into an
exciting new phase? One of the two new posts we are advertising
might be for you or maybe you like getting in close
and personal with trees. If so, then why not find out more by
joining us at one of our up-and-coming events. You will probably cry with us at the loss of one
of Scotland's top trees or maybe choose to help us with 'ancient tree care'
in historic landscapes by promoting our brand new leaflet.
Jill Butler
Woodland Trust
On behalf of the
Ancient Tree Forum and
Ancient Tree Hunt
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Lead a team of tree hunters
As you know the Woodland Trust is working in partnership with the
Ancient Tree Forum and the Tree Register to encourage greater protection
of ancient trees through our Ancient Tree Hunt. We now have Heritage
Lottery Funding and we need a team to lead this exciting project. We are looking for a
Project Manager and a
Senior Verifier but the closing date is 14 June so don't delay
in putting in your application.
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Out and about...
Don't miss our Ancient Tree Forum visit to the
New Forest on Thursday
8 June. A great opportunity to find out more about this very special
place and meet the Knightwood Oak in the company of people from a wide
range of backgrounds. If you can't make it then please tell others to
come along.
We anticipate the usual 'breadth' of discussion about trees,
heritage, wildlife, landscape and management. There should be a good
turnout of ATF Board members too if you want to lobby them!
Please
book online if you would like to join us
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Even more events...
Watch out also on the
events pages for other county ATF events like the ones in Devon.
Book in for the next one at Escot Park (a 200 acre of
Capability Brown designed landscape) in August. There are many more in the pipeline
due to the work of the Devon branch of the ATF.
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Farewell old friend
Gone! One of Scotlands 100 heritage trees hit the ground recently. The
Newbattle Sycamore has fallen. However the good news is that the joint ATF, Arboricultural Association, Tree Council, Woodland Trust display in
the Scottish Parliament recently excited considerable interest in
heritage trees. We are lobbying for changes in the Planning Bill which
is on its way through the Scottish Parliament and in particular for a
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Ancient Tree Guide
Free copies of our Ancient Tree Guide No.2: Trees in historic parks and
landscape gardens are now available.
Let us know if you would like copies to be sent to you.
Alternatively, you can
view and download the guide from our website. |
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Basque axemen
Go and see how the Spanish Basque axemen cut their pollards at Burnham Beeches. A forester from the Basque country will be demonstrating traditional cutting of pollards. A live demonstration will be held in early July.
More details can be found on our
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To close
Keep in touch, rant and rail about the demise of old trees and
go and hug one today to tell it to hang on until the cavalry get there.
As we go to press we are campaigning for a future for the T'yr-ash oak
at Crickhowell - fingers crossed...
Best wishes
Jill
PS. Do you know your tree species?, or are you a tree botanist or a dendrologist? We are currently working on a species dictionary of UK trees and are looking for volunteer help.
Let us know, would love to hear from you.
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To contact us
We hope you enjoyed this issue of the newsletter. Please do keep in
touch via the website or helpline.
Feedback, articles or anything else to:
Jill Butler
Conservation Policy Officer,
Autumn Park,
Dysart Road
Grantham,
Lincolnshire,
NG31 6LL
Telephone: 01488 686440
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only
a
green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and
deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the
man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.
(William Blake, 1799,
The
Letters)
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