Dk3001

Are you anywhere near wirksworth? Know a guy who has a mill if you can get it to him or pay him to pick it up with his forwarding trailer. He may be i terest in the larch as well

FC woodland officer here. Apply for your felling licence and declare conservation area. Your local WO will consult on your behalf. If LA fail to respond within 28 days we will take that as implied consent and issue a licence. If its a regeneration fell or clear fell of over 0.25ha consider woodland tree health grant (we will pay for restocking potentially) Put as much information into the 'notes' section as you can think of. Helps us loads in making a decision and get to know the local WO. I quite enjoy a chat snd any excuse to get out on site and away from a computer is most welcome!

Got any pictures of the application and feedback? Have you spoken to the woodland officer or admin officer?

I think when selecting tree species you need to look at management objectives first and then soil and climatic conditions on the site. Especially future climatic requirements based on the impact of climate change looking at the modelled data. I would then look at likely threats and opportunities to further reduce my species selection. Id also be looking at compatibility of species as well. DF is fast growing intermediate shade but can be slow to get away if the site is exposed. Northafagus I'm not massively familiar with but I d guess at fast growing light demanding. Could probably make the mix work on the right site planted in groups but id probably stick to a mix we have more understanding of and let FE figure out the trials of the more novel species. They cantakecthe hit if they fail. Not sure if there's much of a market for northafagus timber. I think where you can plant a proportion of conifer or productive non native broadleaf (e.g. sites that aren't decedious woodland priority habitat) we should be as timber stocks in the future are going to be worrying low. Mixes have got to be the way forward in the future. Forestry ESC is a useful tool but Is only as good as the data you input as the modelled data on soils can be pretty granular so id be digging a fair few pits. I think the forest development types are also worth looking at and provide a decent basic silvicultural plan that can be adapted to the block. Bit of a non answer but that's how I'd approach a site as well as looking at whats growing well in the vicinity. Each FC area has a resilience officer who specialises in lesser known species so might be worth getting in touch if your looking at something like northafagus.

Happy to exchange hardwood for a bit of beer money. Tip on drive. Vechiles will be moved out the way.

Hi, I'm a woodland officer with the FC. Obviously i cant say for sure (unless your in my patch) but I'd be surprised if your local woodland officer doesn't care about small woods to be honest. It may be that either they have a lot of case work on or the communication isn't getting through to the right person. I'd recommend trying to get hold of their phone number or direct email and getting in contact. I've been out today looking at felling liscences for some cracking small woods! Generally I would consider pollarding above 2.4m but I would get your local woodland officer out to confirm. Also if your planning on removing the trees completely just put in for the liscence. There's a 72 day charter deadline on them now that we should be sticking to in terms of processing and its really not worth the agro of getting investigated for an illegal fell. It sounds like with the works you have planned felling of individual trees would be the most appropriate felling operation on the application unless theres further works you want to do in the woods over the next five years. That means it will have to do 28 days on the public register but that doesn't effect the 72 day charter time. I know it can be frustrating sometimes but get the relationship built woth your local FC woodland officer and I'm sure things will only get easier.

Hi, Whilst I haven't personally dealt with the White Rose Forest delivery partners such as these usually help in two ways - direct funding seperate from our grants (this can include funding for things we can't fund as well e.g. parkland planting) - acting as an agent on behalf of the landowner to claim for FC grants (this can make the entire process a lot easier than trying to apply on your own) They can also complete Enviromental impact assessment applications for afforestation which can be required depending on this size of the scheme. I dont want to speak for your local woodland officer but my area aims to turn around applications in 2 months (although this can vary depending on constraints, demand and the quality of the application). Each district or woodland officer may have a different view on this. The FC and local delivery partners often work pretty closely and your local officers will point you in the right direction wether that is through EWCO or a delivery partner. We are all working towards the same goal of trees in the ground so in my view I'm not bothered if that's through the FC or anyone else. Again I don't really want to speak for anyone outside my patch!

Hi, I'm the forestry commission woodland officer for Leicstershire and just wanted to put a post out to highlight the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO). If your based in Leicstershire and you (or any of your clients) are interested in woodland creation on your land please get in touch. Be more than happy to have a chat about what's on offer or take you to a look at a successful application. You can get up to £10,200 per ha plus additional contributions for nature recovery, flood risk, recreational access etc as well as 10 years of maintenance payments. Really is a decent scheme. Always happy to come and have a pre application site visit prior to getting into the paper work if it's of interest. Feel free to message me on here or email me at: [email protected]

Live in wirksworth but happy to travel with in reason

Hi, Just wanted to put some feelers out for any potential work on the occasional Saturday around derbyshire. 5 years experience in forestry - forest menstruation and tarrifing (b6, a4, full tarrif, silvicultural mark), planting, felling, windblow, spraying, deer fencing, hand weeding, brushcutting/clearing saw work, beat up surveys, producing risk assessments. Happy to get stuck in and give most things a go. Can provide references and a CV if necessary. tickets as follows: NPTC tickets: Severing Uprooted or windblown trees, felling and processing trees over 380mm, Fell and process tree up to 380mm, cross cut timber using a chainsaw, carry out maintenance of chainsaw and cutting system, PA1, PA6, PA6PP, Safe use of a clearing saw, Brushcutters and trimmers. Lantra tickets: felling and processing trees over 380mm, Basic tree survey and inspection, Trailer handling, On road driving with a trailer, conflict management level 2 First Aid: Emergency first aid at work + F including torniquet training IOSH training: Managing safely Rfs cert Forestry. Cheers.