Getting ready for ash die back.

[the village idiot]

1 minute ago, Stephen Blair said:

How do you manage it?

The dieback or the Woodland?

[Stere]

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It is pretty devastating though. I manage a 200 acre ancient Woodland which is predominantly Ash. I haven't seen a healthy Ash tree in the past 2 years. 

Will you fell a load of them before wood becomes worthless or leave as standing deadwood etc?

 

Any restrictions of removing timber from site? (Would seen pointless as its already spread everywhere)

 

 

[the village idiot]

3 minutes ago, Stere said:

Will you fell a load of them before wood becomes worthless or leave as standing deadwood etc?

Yes, and yes.

 

We have prioritised Ash heavy areas for felling but within the structure of our 10 year management plan.

 

We don't yet know if all the unhealthy trees will definitely die, so to take them all out would be premature (not to mention totally impractical as there are only two of us.)

 

The Wood is primarily managed for biodiversity, so standing and fallen deadwood is good. We do have to maintain a balance though between maximising ecology and sustaining financial viability.

 

No restrictions on moving Ash timber out of the Wood. As you quite rightly point out, this would be futile.