Environment Agency madness i guess!!

[Alasdair]

im fully expecting some serious stick for this comment but remember im new to all this as ive only worked on the reailway,

 

what should the end result look like if its been done with a saw? and someone that has half a clue about what they are doing?

[Andy R]

im fully expecting some serious stick for this comment but remember im new to all this as ive only worked on the reailway,

 

what should the end result look like if its been done with a saw? and someone that has half a clue about what they are doing?

 

 

 

river willows on a 3yr rotation look good, there is a 30+ stretch of trees on the banks of the avon near me that 1 in 3 is done each year. Looks good imo.

[Alasdair]

so basically all the growth should have been taken down to the trunk?

 

is this the same in all spieces when pollarding?

[Mesterh]

It should be removed back to the 'knuckle head' making sure you dont cut into the knuckle or leave a stump.

 

They have done a half arsed job in the photos your are asking about imo.

[Highland Forestry]

looks like an absolutley f*****g s**t job to me!!

[Theocus]

remember they are not allowed to climb these trees so they use the shear on a 360 digger

[madmatt]

Hmm!! thoose two certainly don't look good. A better job can be made even with a shear. We have trees down here that were pollarded with the shear 12months ago and now you'd never know thats willow for you!

 

To set the record straighter, not ALL EA lads are allowed to climb, some are a select few at select depots, There isn't an out right ban on all EA staff from being climbers. The shear could have been choosen because there wern't qualified climbers avliable or, the risk management paperwork specifed the use of the shear. We'll never see the paperwork package for the above job so its hard to judge the use of machine over climber accurately.

 

The reason I asked in previous posts about ;landowner negotiations is the EA have a short window annually to carry out work and often have to go in and access wet areas and chew fields up, but its allways negotiated with the land owner and reinstated afterwards, Its very rare the land owner gets a rough deal.

 

I wait to be shot down in flames and bombarded with unpolite comments from the people that will insult EA ops guys just because they work for the same organisation that legislates waste transfer and burning on site etc!

[renewablejohn]

Before you take a match to your piles of brash, do a web check for any local bye-laws on burning too, to be on the safe side. A nuisance has to be recorded, and is not a one-off occasion, but one that occurs several seperate times. Use common sense on this, if you see a line of washing out in the direction the smoke will blow, then have a word with the owner that you will be having a fire, same goes for open windows.

You can burn up to 10tonnes of brash in any 24hrs, so long as it originates from the same site, do NOT transport it from elsewhere.

Heres Defras pdf on the matter, just so you can keep inside the law.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/nuisance/smoke/pdf/bonfiresmoke-report.pdf

 

WARNING this pdf is out of date new legislation came in on 15th May 2006 stopping all burning on site unless you have applied to the Environment Agency and received an (Exemption 30) registration farmers had until 15th May 2007 to apply for the exemption. Basically no Exemption 30 licence no 10 tonnes per day allowance to be burnt.

[skyhuck]

WARNING this pdf is out of date new legislation came in on 15th May 2006 stopping all burning on site unless you have applied to the Environment Agency and received an (Exemption 30) registration farmers had until 15th May 2007 to apply for the exemption. Basically no Exemption 30 licence no 10 tonnes per day allowance to be burnt.

 

You really need a link to a source of this info.

[renewablejohn]

You really need a link to a source of this info.

 

Sorry but the Environment agency do not make it that easy. You need the guidance notes to form WMAW 01 using the telephone numbers on the links below.

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/32777.aspx

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/40051.aspx

Edited March 13, 2009 by renewablejohn