>>2029254Interesting. Do you delimb trees specifically along trails and in public places or do you check entire coupes?
We very rarely get forest fires in the UK due to the constantly changing weather. I've seen gamekeepers on estates starting their moor burning season on the heather. Such a waste of ground which could be trees all so rich cunts can shoot pheasants and grouse.
When I managed forests in the central belt of Scotland I would get a lot of fly-tipping and cars set on fire, luckily never in amongst the trees.
>>2030501Think of it as a 1.9m spacing between each tree across the entire block in a grid system. We do this with the intention of planting at a density of 2700 so that in 40 years time there will likely be a density of 2500 per ha due to some losses. The stats on this are based on our Forest Mensuration Tables and essentially aim to give us the best yield in as short a time as possible. That being said, the book is very out of date and does not consider our 'Improved Sitka spruce' and our milder and warmer climate. So we are seeing increased growth rates much sooner.
For Quercus petraea and robour and Fagus sylvatica we do not widely plant them commercially in Scotland. We have only just in the last 5 years started to plant broadleaf forests for commercial purposes. Broadleaves historically in the commercial sector have only ever been for amenity of for providing some diverse habitat in a forest management unit.
Fraxinus Excelsior is getting fucked by 'Ash dieback' and is not being planted at all right now.
I've seen 'Oak Nests' being made in small pockets at a density of 5000 stems per hectare. Essentially an oak tree is surrounded by native broadleaves like a bulls eye with the intention that it will become protected from deer so that i can establish.
To hear that you are thinning such a diverse woodland is unbelievably exotic to hear haha.
