WoodLots News August 2002 - Issue 42
Contents:
WoodFair 2002
Wood Fuel for
Heating – Can You Supply?
Early
Advertising Deadline for WoodLots Special Issue
Free
Colour Advertising for Local Timber Products at WoodFair 2002
Timber
Grading, Selection, Cutting & Drying:
Introductory
1-day course
Good
news for coppice workers and our ancient woodlands
Hazel
Restoration for West Sussex Continues with Further Funding
The Stag Beetle: Have you
seen it?
20th-22nd September
Amongst the range of forestry and timber-processing exhibits, an impressiave display of finished products will be on show at WoodFair 2002, with a number of designer/makers showing for the first time. Will Acland’s steam bent chair (as featured on our front cover) will be at the WoodNet stand, alongside other examples of quality products made from sweet chestnut. Dan Hussey of Suffolk will be exhibiting his stylish range of contemporary bent ash furniture, showing how well managed English ash coppice produces a strong, flexible, elegant timber.
For those seeking more traditional styles, the renowned green woodworker Mike Abbot will be demonstrating his skills and James Mursell of Countryseats will be showing his hand made Windsor chairs using designs over 200 years old. WoodNet will be hosting short workshops and displaying information and exhibits relating to the production and use of wood fuel for heating systems in conjunction with Bioenergy Technology Ltd (see below for workshop information). And, of course, the WoodLots service will be actively promoted. See you there. WoodFair 20-22 September in the wooded surroundings of Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum, near Lewes, East Sussex. 9.30am-5pm, Adults £6, Senior Citizens £5, Children £4, Family Ticket £18. (2 adults + 4 children) Free bus service from Lewes.
Early
Advertising Deadline for WoodLots Special Issue
The advertising deadline for the next issue of WoodLots is Friday 6th
September to allow for the next issue to coincide with WoodFair
2002. A copy of WoodLots will be given away with each of the 5000 WoodFair
brochures at the event, as well as going out to all our usual subscribers.
With nearly 10,000 visitors at WoodFair last year, this special issue is set
to reach a huge and interested audience. So make sure your services and
products are represented and take advantage of this free advertising
(advertising form page 10).
Lignatherm Ltd, a wood heat supply company for the South East, is currently under development backed by a consortium of partners including WoodNet, Bioenergy Technology Ltd, Energy for Sustainable Development and Penrose Wood Industries Ltd, (with support from East Sussex and Kent County Councils and SEEDA). At present only a third of our available annual timber harvest is utilised and an unknown quantity of wood residues are going to landfill or are burnt. Stimulating markets for wood as a source of energy will provide financial incentives for appropriate woodland management, redirect wood residues away from landfill, benefit biodiversity and the rural economy and provide a renewable low-carbon fuel source. This workshop will ensure that you are fully aware of how you can have a stake in this developing market. If you are interested in attending one or both of these workshops to be held at WoodFair 2002, please register your interest by emailing: jenny@woodnet.org.uk.
Free Colour Advertising for Local Timber Products at WoodFair 2002 To promote local timber products and stimulate the demand for local timber we are offering a limited number of free boxed colour advertising spaces, to include a photo or logo, to any of our subscribers who manufacture products from sustainably sourced local timber. This offer will only be available in the September issue of WoodLots to be given away free at WoodFair 2002 and will provide an opportunity for those not exhibiting to reach the WoodFair audience. These colour adverts will also be featured at our website. The advertising space will be provided at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to take advantage of this special offer please contact Jenny Martin, Tel: 01580 879552 Email: jenny@woodnet.org.uk www.woodnet.org.uk
Timber Grading, Selection, Cutting & Drying:
Introductory 1-day course
A popular course run by native hardwood specialist & sawmiller. Booking essential. 7th September 10.30am. Dormansland, Surrey £10. Contact: Charles Willment of Treespanner Timber Tel: 01342 871529, Mobile: 07713 083625 Email: charles.willment@virgin.net Website: www.treespanner.co.uk
Good news for coppice workers and our ancient woodlands
Funding has been secured from DEFRA to assist those currently working in the coppice industry in the South East to improve chainsaw felling and processing efficiency. David Rossney of Esus Forestry & Woodlands Ltd says “We aim to improve working systems to reduce fatigue, back strain and increase output. This way we can make the job more attractive to newcomers and help experienced coppice workers stay in business and pass on their knowledge.” Training will be offered free of charge.
The first five-day course starts in October 2002 with the entire programme running over two years, by the end of which 80 coppice cutters will have been updated. If you have a certificate of competence for maintenance and tree felling using a chainsaw (some or all of the following NPTC units: 10/11, 20/21, or 30/31) and make a significant part of your income from working in coppice, you can apply.
Contact: Dave Rossney Tel: 01580 892180 Email: d.rossney@esusforestry.co.uk
Hazel
Restoration for West Sussex Continues with Further Funding
If you are interested in bringing your unmanaged hazel coppice woodland
back into rotation this winter, and your woodland is within the West
Sussex borders, then 40% funding is available per hectare from West Sussex
County Council plus 50% funding from the Forestry Commission. The woodland
must have a minimum stocking density of 70% and show the potential for
sustaining a productive coppice rotation and supporting a coppice worker.
Regrowth must be protected from browsing. For
further information please contact Mary-Ann Edwards, Local Charcoal
Coordinator, Buchan Country Park, Horsham Rd, Crawley, W Sussex, RH11 9HQ,
Tel: 01293 542088, Email:buchan.park@westsussex.gov.uk
The Stag Beetle: Have you seen it? At nearly three inches in length, this is the UK’s largest terrestrial beetle. Details of sightings from any era are needed so that research into the insect’s history can assist in its conservation.
Please contact: Colin Pratt, Tel: 01273 586780 Email: colin.pratt@talk21.com
