What are the rules on Dead fall etc

[Xaltu]

I have yet to find land that is owned by the public and the loss of dead wood habitat can be detrimental to a site. As to hoop jumping it really depends on who you deal with and what you are wanting the dead wood for?

[hedgesparrow]

re felling as other posts if you do not have permission its theft and criminal damage. as for NT have heard horror stories about them yet to deal with them. but like any big organisation its getting to the right person. waste of time ringing them up unless you want to spend all day. also as other posts they will want a lot of things in place to do anything if the public use wood. i have a wood belongs to a trust. has public access and if we do any felling we have to put up signs close footpaths off. have lookers on footpaths near to were we are cutting to stop them even with barriers. and i am just coppicing. so big stuff. find a friendly farmer with private woods with no public. and keep him in firewood less hassle.

[hedgesparrow]

I have yet to find land that is owned by the public and the loss of dead wood habitat can be detrimental to a site. As to hoop jumping it really depends on who you deal with and what you are wanting the dead wood for?

 

there are a no of woods owned by councils which indirectly are owned by the public or have a say also common land is indirectly owned by public. agree there are no real public woods someone has to manage them. there is the problem once someone takes control its a minefield of regs if the joe public have a say or walk them

[Xaltu]

Common land is not indirectly owned by the public, but there are rights associated with the common which might extend to everyone. It is a minefield and people assume they have rights to do something when legally they do not.

 

With regard to the National Trust, the Byelaws are an interesting read:

 

2 (b) No unauthorised person shall dig up or remove, cut, fell, pluck or injure any flowers, plants, fungi, moss, ferns, shrubs, trees or other vegetation growing on Trust Property or remove any seeds thereof or "injure any grass or climb any tree.

[TGB]

It's a hard one part of me is saying that public areas/parks et al are public owned so is it theft??

 

If it's NT land, the public may well have access to it. But it's still owned by the NT, still managed by them and ultimately, they have sway over what happens to their holdings, even if the tree is dead & standing or dead & laying on the deck.

 

If you had an old tree in your garden, that was down but you'd decided to leave it for the bugs and because it was a natural feature. I dare say you'd be peeved if someone just happened by and took if for their own purposes.

[Drew87]

Fair point. Guess I was pointing out why the woodland trust and national trust may not view dead wood as a waste product of no value but something they wish to keep.

 

Good point there Woodguy.!! I've done some Work for the WoodlndTrst and MOST of the time they DONT class Felled / Windswept Timber as Waste as it can create a Habitat for Wild Life, aswell as it could still make its own Eppy aslong as its still got energy in it (Not Dead n Decaying)