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The Woodland Heritage Initiative
unites
experienced tree and woody
people to guarantee a future supply
of quality
timber.
Originally
formed by a group of traditional cabinet-makers, Woodland Heritage aims to
improve the way trees are grown, maintained and harvested to ensure a
future supply of high-grade timber in England. Now with a large national
membership, annual awards, events and a 48 page annual journal, Woodland
Heritage is providing a focus for best practice information about timber
production and commercial use.
While pleasantly understated in style, the Woodland Heritage journal is
packed with informative reports and articles from forestry practitioners
and students, timber specialists, green wood workers and furniture makers.
All are exploring some aspect of the production and use of quality
timber and sharing their experience and discoveries. Many are reporting on
their travels, funded by the Garthwaite Bursaries, offered by Woodland
Heritage, to study an aspect of Forestry, often outside the UK.
For example, Mark Gordon shares his experience of the Continuous
Cover Forestry Group trip to the Czech Republic and Gabriel Hemery writes
in detail about his experience on the Walnut Forestry Tour of the
Mid-Western United States, both trips supported by Garthwaite Bursaries.
With regular reports from the British & Irish Hardwoods Improvement
Programme, plus such articles as ‘Afforesting Agricultural Land’,
‘Innovative Agroforestry’ and relevant book reviews, the journal
offers an accessible forum for sharing information and experience relating
to sustainable forestry.
An effectively designed laminated leaflet was included with the 2002 issue
of the journal, entitled ‘High Pruning for Profit’. Basic,
straightforward information in a robust lightweight format – this
leaflet could be trodden into the muddy ground, driven over by a forestry
tractor and still survive to assist with pruning for generations to come.
The forthcoming 2003 issue of the Woodland Heritage Journal is available free
to WoodLots readers.
To request your free copy of the Woodland Heritage Journal please send an
A4 SAE (76p) to Woodland Heritage, PO Box 168, Haslemere, GU27 1XQ.
Woodland Heritage members can receive the ‘High Pruning for
Profit and forthcoming ‘Formative Pruning for Young Trees’ leaflets
for free. Non-members please send £1 in stamps for each
leaflet.
For more information about Woodland Heritage membership, the Garthwaite
Travel Bursaries, the forthcoming Woodland
Heritage Field Day in June:
Tel/Fax 01428 652159
E-mail: woodland.heritage@talk21.com
Website: www.woodlandheritage.org.uk
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