The Native Woods Co-operative (Scotland) Ltd

We are experienced woodland advisors with over 80 years of experience between us, and we combine this with a refreshing and pragmatic approach to helping woodland occupiers to work out what they should do with their woodlands and associated open ground. We all have wider skills than just woodland management and can advise on a wide range of farm, deer, river conservation and wildlife management projects. We are happy to hear from other who might be interested in joining us.

Thursday 12 March 2009

Forestry Commission Headquarters

Part of our role is to ensure that the importance of native woodlands is recognised by Government and its agencies. This often involves meetings in Silvan House which houses the headquarters of Forestry Commission Scotland, as well as being the HQ of Forestry Commission Great Britain. I was at a meeting of a sub group of the Customer Representative Group, which is looking at the space between trees that we should leave when we plant a new native woodland. This open space is important for many of the animals and plants that live in woods.

Forestry Commission lease their building, so probably do not have control over this small stand of trees at the entrance. However it's crying out for a bit of silvicultural love and attention, and I sometimes wonder when one of the foresters who work there will take a bit of direct action!