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Spring
2006 - Community Woodland
Network subscribers'
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Spring
2006 - Community Woodland
Network subscribers'
newsletter |
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The
mighty oak tree The Oak Tree as a national icon? Have a look at this new website and vote for your favourite icons including the mighty oak. |
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The good wood
guide The Good Wood Guide is now online to help you make the best choice when buying or using wood for your next DIY, self-build or construction project. |
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Spotlight
on Gunton Wood Community Project The group set themselves up in 1998 to restore local authority owned Gunton Wood in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which had been neglected for over 50 years. Now with over 80 members and a regular work party of 10 plus, they have managed to achieve a lot over recent years including 450 work parties in six years! The 2.5 hectare woodland is new and secondary broadleaf and includes a 150 year old lime avenue and specimen trees including black poplar. They were awarded a Queens Golden Jubilee Award in 2003 and the wood declared a local nature reserve in 2004. For more information on the group, have a look at their latest newsletter or visit the website which is under construction. We also have their Trafalgar news story on the CWN website. |
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Guided walk resources If you are planning a spring guided walk, have a look at all of the free identification resources on the Nature Detectives website, ranging from twigs, flowers, leaves, fruits and seeds. They can be printed off and handed out on the day. Especially good for youngsters! |
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Recycle your old
mobile After recycling your Christmas cards, how about your old mobile phone next! A new scheme has just been launched. |
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Hedge and Copse
Packs over 130,000 more trees in the ground Over 1,800 schools and youth groups have registered for a pack of trees this spring and that's on top of the 2,500 last autumn. It's been tremendously popular and allowed even more children to get involved in our Tree For All project. If you know of a school or youth group that would like to get involved this coming autumn, then please pass on the website address. |
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Tree Planting
Grants Our Community Tree Planting Grants have again been very popular this winter with even more groups than last year getting involved. We have just secured funding for 2006/7 so if you are planning a late winter planting event or are already organising one for next autumn, then register your event with us and we may be able to help. |
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Sustainability Grants We have issued over 70 grants to various woodland groups over the past four years and are hoping to offer a similar scheme from April this year. Keep an eye on the website for more details as we approach the new financial year! If we have already provided you with a grant over the last 12 months and you haven't sent in your report, can you please do so by the end of April. Thank you!! |
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Website news The website has undergone some recent changes with new sections for Scotland and Wales. We are also making it easier for people to get in touch with each other by adding e-mail and website contact details to your groups listing. We won't do this without your agreement first so please let us know if you are happy for us to do so. A separate e-mail will be coming to remind you about this. |
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Forestry
statistics
The Forestry Commission have just published the Forestry Facts and Figures for 2005. See how Britain compares with the rest of Europe! |
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Bedfordshire Ancient
Woodland Project - encouraging dormice From the original 30 dormice released into Maulden Woods in 2001 there are signs that the growing population is spreading out. The hazel coppice is creating the perfect habitat for dormice. Greensand Trust along with the Bedfordshire Dormouse Group and the Forestry Commission are carrying out the monitoring. For more information email or go to the website |
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Re-wilding Ennerdale!
Re-wilding is a term that originated from the USA. It describes
the process of allowing tracts of land to return to their
natural states...or as natural as they can be. |
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Woodlands for
Butterflies and Moths Published by Butterfly Conservation Hertfordshire and Middlesex branch, this booklet is asking the people of Hertfordshire to help record and conserve woodland butterflies, moths and their habitats. There are a series of photographs of the more common species to be seen in woodlands. For copies email go to or telephone 0870 774 4309. |
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Woodland management for birds An RSPB/Forestry Commission England guide to managing for declining woodland birds in England. Published by the RSPB - ISBN 1 901930 56 4 Price: £14.95. For copies contact: Publications at the RSPB: Telephone: 01234 211522 or email |
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Woodland
management for bats A booklet and cd-rom available now from the Forestry Commission Publications. Tel: 0870 121 4180 email |
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Joined up forestry On Tuesday 21 March 2006, the Royal Forestry Society, RASE and the Woodland Trust link up again for this year's NDG James Memorial Conference at Stoneleigh. This is the major woodland conference in lowland Britain annually. Visit the website for further details including booking online. A number of places are available at subsidised rates for students through the RFS Spencer Bursary Fund. Contact the RFS for details. |
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Sign off I hope you enjoyed reading this latest edition of the newsletter. If your group would like a feature in the next edition please let us know. I hope you have a productive time in your woods this spring and I'm sure you will be looking forward to spending more time outside with the days lengthening and the temperature warming up a bit! Regards Paul and Christina |
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Contact us Feedback, articles or anything else to: Liz Finn Community Woodland Network Autumn Park, Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LL Tel: 01476 581155 or 01400 250920 Fax: 01476 594047
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