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Foresters of the future land awards
27 August 2010
Three foresters of the future have received top awards for their studies from the Royal Forestry Society’s North Wales Division. The RFS Bangor Bursary 2010 went to Marc Brouard (pictured...
Excellence in Forestry 2010 – winners announced
11 August 2010
Forestry is on the move in South East England, and a strong combination of inspiring enterprise and stunningly beautiful woods dominated England’s premier forestry competition, the RFS...
Schools Forestry Awards 2010 – winners announced
11 August 2010
Schools in Oxfordshire, Kent, and East Sussex have won awards in the country’s premier forestry competition, the Excellence in Forestry Awards 2010, organised by the Royal Forestry Society...
Thirty years' service to forestry in Hereford rewarded
14 July 2010
Ray Harris, 52, who lives in a cottage on the estate at Madley near Hereford, was presented with a Long Service Award by the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) when their Hereford Division visited...
Highlights from latest Quarterly Journal of Forestry
11 July 2010
The latest Quarterly Journal of Forestry (QJF) should have reached all paid-up members by now. As always, the articles in the QJF are pitched at that special level which...
TOPICAL TOPIC: A Tale of Two Squirrels
07 July 2010
TOPICAL TOPIC: The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is native to the British Isles, where it could once be found in all wooded areas. The grey (S. carolinensis) from eastern...
NEWS FLASH: Looking for information?
15 July 2010
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION? We can help. Check out The Woodshed, part of this website's large library of tree-related facts and figures, or use...
TOPICAL TOPIC: Rhododendron
19 June 2010
TOPICAL TOPIC: Rhododendron - People are often perplexed when landowners chop down or grub out rhododendron growing wild in woods and other habitats. Are they simply eco-vandals or are...
Dorchester student joins the experts at Tree Diseases Conference
07 May 2010
A Dorchester arboriculture student awarded a Spencer Bursary from the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has used it to join industry experts at a national conference focussed on the diseases and...
TOPICAL TOPIC: Ticks and Lyme Disease
02 May 2010
TOPICAL TOPIC: Ticks and Lyme Disease. Late spring, early summer and autumn are peak feeding times for ticks. A lower level of feeding activity takes place in other seasons. Therefore, the...