Our recent event at the Wyre Forest was very well attended and proved to be a thought provoking event, with stimulating presentations sparking a wide variety of questions and concerns.

The presentations from the speakers are available to view and download.  Please click on the relevant links below:

Woodland Insurance Overview –  David Hewitt, Lycetts

Rights and Responsibilities of having Rights of Way near or in your Woodland – paths, roads, permissive access and other designations – Richard Preston, Worcestershire County Council

Roadside Trees – The new guidance and what this means to you! – Justin Mumford, Lockhart Garratt

Safety Aspects of Practical Woodland Management – working with contractors and your responsibilities – Graham Taylor, Pryor & Rickett Silviculture

Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Landowner – Bringing groups into your woodland: forest schools, social forestry, school visits and similar: Your responsibilities – Alex Argyropulo, Consultant

Multi-Purpose Woodland Management and Safety – Ross Murray, CLA

Copies of the National Tree Safety Group Common Sense Risk Management of Trees can be downloaded, free of charge, from the Forestry Commission – http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/publications.nsf/$$Search

Confor has produced a report on the benefits of managed forests to help inform decision-makers, the wider public and media of the diverse benefits derived from forests, forest management, timber and participating businesses. It has already been sent to over 200 MPs and civil servants, as well as to members of the Independent Forestry Panel (England).  It is now released for wider discussion and the industry is encouraged to promote it.

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Click here for Pdf of report

The sun was shinning and everyone seemed to have a good day at Whitfield Estate and were able to take home some great information from some expert sources. The main message being that all woodland management involves assessing the woodland and the “suite of opportunities” available; woodfuel is just one of those opportunities.

for the full article by Joy Fox, please click here

Umbrella company and holiday cottages are first two successful applicants to low carbon heating incentive

Umbrella supplier Booth Brothers in Sheffield entered the history books today by becoming one of the first places in the UK to get the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive.

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Ben Webster Environment Editor, The Times, June 29 2011

Ten million more trees will be cut down each year in woodlands across England under a government plan to persuade thousands of homes and businesses to install wood-burning stoves and boilers.

Woodland owners across the country will be encouraged to fell more than a third of trees from dense forests to feed the growing market for wood fuel. The Forestry Commission has calculated that more than 2 million additional tonnes of wood could be stripped from England’s forests each year without undermining their long-term future. This would treble the amount of wood being burnt as fuel by 2020.

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Three guides regarding Biomass heating have now been published Please click here for the guides and full article.

Our recent event at the Wyre Forest Discovery Centre proved to be very popular.  The event covered the main tree diseases affecting the UK right now, with presentations from leading experts from Forest Research,  Forestry Commission, FERA, CLA and FWAG.  With over 60 attendees we knew this event would be very lively, and you didn’t disappoint.

Once again the event was captured by Reach 22.  And the individual presentations, along with the question and answer session can be viewed here.

Our recent conference at the Wyre Forest Discovery Centre was a huge success.  The latest RHI announcements couldn’t have been better timed, making our event one of the first in the country to discuss the new legislation.  With 120 delegates the event proved to be so popular that we are looking to put on a similar event in North Shropshire over the next couple of months.

Making Woodlands Pay Event - 23rd May

All of the events presentations were captured on camera by Reach 22, a Lantra funded project in the West Midlands.  You can watch the presentations at the following link http://heartwoods.reach22.com

If you would like further information on the RHI or would like to find out how Heartwoods can help you please contact the office on 01952 435860 or email info@heartwoods.co.uk