News
PDArb winner in the spotlight
17 October 2011
Mark Sharples, a self-employed consultant and tree surgeon from Corsham, Wiltshire, has won the Royal Forestry Society/Lockhart Garratt Excellence in Arboriculture award for being...
New President for the Royal Forestry Society
03 October 2011
The new President of the Royal Forestry Society (RFS), Nicholas Halsey, will be a familiar face to many working in forestry and land management. Nicholas, whose family owns the Gaddesden...
Peter Goodwin awarded RFS Gold Medal
13 September 2011
Peter Goodwin – one of the UK’s leading hardwood furniture makers, and a key figure in raising awareness of Acute Oak Decline (AOD) – has been presented with the Royal Forestry Society...
TOPICAL TOPIC: Autumn colours
30 September 2011
TOPICAL TOPIC - Autumn colours: Autumn leaf colours show a wide range of colours from yellows, oranges, reds, crimsons and purples; these colour changes mark autumn or fall in temperate...
RFS and Reader’s Digest link up with new tree resource
07 October 2011
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has partnered with Reader’s Digest to create a spectacular new on-line tree species reference library that brings together all aspects of trees and their...
Awards for forestry students in Wales
07 August 2011
Three young foresters have been presented with awards by the Royal Forestry Society’s (RFS) North Wales Division for their ‘inspirational’ university and college work. Sam Brown, Jack...
TOPICAL TOPIC - What's in a name
01 August 2011
TOPICAL TOPIC - What's in a name: Just how much people's lives revolved around woods, forests and their products in the past is revealed by the wealth of surnames reflecting the...
Three schools win Excellence in Forestry Awards
27 July 2011
Three schools have swept the board in the Royal Forestry Society Excellence in Forestry Schools Award 2011: a secondary school for students with moderate learning difficulties and complex...
Forestry duo collect Long Service awards
26 July 2011
Foresters from two of Yorkshire’s best known estates have received Long Service Awards from the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) at the Great Yorkshire Show. John Lanham, 62, from South Dalton...
TOPICAL TOPIC - A tale of two squirrels
01 July 2011
TOPICAL TOPIC - A tale of two squirrels: The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is native to the British Isles. It once lived in all wooded areas, although its numbers seem to...