Forestry & British Timber articles from February 2003

Forestry & British Timber archives from February 2003

Chemical conflict.(Editorial)
February 7, 2003... February issue already and our annual chemicals in the forest feature has come round again with alarming alacrity. However, the way things are going, this feature may become a thing of the past, as something of a research `Catch-22' situation...

Don't just dump it!(greatest potential for increasing recycling of municipal wood waste lies in implementation of wood segregation plans at civic amenity sites)
February 7, 2003... `Civic amenity sites offer local authorities great potential for increasing their wood recycling rates and reducing the huge tonnages of wood going to landfill'. Tom Fourcade, wood-sector manager for WRAP* was speaking after the publication of...

Howie's help cancer fund.(Howie Forest Products)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... A Christmas gesture by Dalbeattie-based Howie Forest Products benefited Macmillan Cancer Relief to the tune of #500. The company this year decided to send out an e-mail Christmas card to their customers and suppliers and donate the money saved...

Single deadline.(new planting applications in UK forests)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Copyright: CMP Information Ltd. One date, instead of the previous two, has been imposed by the Forestry Commission in England as the deadline for the next round of WGS new planting applications: May 31. `The second closing date of October...

Broad-range target.(UK Forestry Commission recreation ranger Shona Amos appointed)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... `We want to get a broad range of people involved with their woods', said Shona Amos after her appointment as Forestry Commission recreation ranger for the Inverness and Dingwall area. She will have a key function in encouraging them to get out...

Midlands move.(Nixon Knowles appoints sales manager Niall Murphy)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Newly appointed sales manager for Notts-based timber, sheet material and joinery product suppliers Nixon Knowles, Niall Murphy, has been in the timber business for nearly 20 years, most recently as a branch manager with Midlands company D.W....

For services to forestry.(Woodland Trust CEO Mike Townsend receives Officer of the Order of the British Empire award)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... For services to forestry, Mike Townsend, Woodland Trust (WT) chief executive since 1997, was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours. He commented: `I feel it reflects the contribution that the WT has made to the wider environment debate and its...

Hardwood on the web.(American Hardwood Export Council website)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The American Hardwood Export Council has launched a new website to give technical and environmental information about its members timber. The site is at www.sustainablehardwoods.com Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

April launch for chainsaw accord.(in the UK)
February 7, 2003... `We are very pleased that the planned new provision meets the needs of customers, not only those working within the forestry and arboriculture industries, but also those who use chainsaws in others industries'. Hilary Bayliss, executive...

Getting acquainted.(woodland festival in Wales, Summer 2004)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... A Welsh woodland festival in summer 2004 will be the climax of two- year, #230,000 Small Woods Association `awareness' project. Organised by Coed Llleol (CL)* and funded by EU, the Forestry Commission in Wales and Adfywio, it will work with...

New England on the map.(Fountain Forestry Inc. achieves Forest Stewardship Council certification)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Copyright: CMP Information Ltd. UK-based Fountains plc has, by achieving Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, become the largest resource manager with this accolade in the eastern USA. It was won through its American subsidiary...

Repelling the invaders.(2003 N.D.G. James' Memorial Conference theme 'The Invaders')(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Organised jointly by the Royal Forestry Society and the Royal Agricultural Society of England, `The Invaders' is the theme of the 2003 N.D.G. James' Memorial Conference on March 6 at the NAC, Stoneleigh. This annual event draws in over 200...

Pride of Scotland.(heritage trees)
February 7, 2003... After a year-long quest and as part of Scotland's `Treefest programme, the Forestry Commission has come up with a list of the country's 100 top `heritage trees'. Promoted on the website www.treeforestscot land 2002.org.uk/heritage, it features...

Salopian service.(George Poyner receives Member of the Order of the British Empire medal)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... A life-time of service to the community in the Shropshire village of Hopton Wafers led a leading timber veteran to Buckingham Palace shortly before Christmas. Former chairman and financial director of Forest Fencing Ltd (FF) George Poyner was...

Wales takes the A-grade.(mountain biking trails in Wales)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... `These awards are a tremendous vote of confidence in what we have built here'. Dafydd Davis, `Mountain biker of the year' finalist, spoke after the news that Wales had been given an `A-grade' to put its trails on a par with the mountain-biking...

Joyful occasion.(Ian Hammerton receives Member of the Order of the British Empire medal)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... When Ian Hammerton went along to Buckingham Palace just before Christmas, he had the chance to tell Prince Charles about coppicing and forest sustainability. A retired teacher from Dartford Kent, he was there to receive his MBE medal for...

Wood-Mizer joins the `sales'.(post-Christmas sales, offers selected hydraulic sawmill packages for about 10% off listed price)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Wood-Mizer* has joined the traditional post-Christmas sales by offering to pass on manufacturing savings to customers in its 2003 pricing package. A successful 2002 trading year and `further enhancements' at its European manufacturing facility...

Fifty of the best.('Great British Trees' book)(Book Review)
February 7, 2003... The nation's 50 most outstanding trees are the stars of a new illustrated 112-page Tree Council (TC) book - `Great British trees'*. Old, rare or striking in appearance, they all have stories to tell and were selected by members of the WT's...

Newport timber boost.(new storage facilities at Newport North Dock, Associated British Ports)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Due for completion in June 2003, new timber storage facilities are being constructed at Newport North Dock, Associated British Ports (ABP) announce. The #4.6m investment follows an agreement with Saint-Gobain Building Distribution. It...

WOODWISE: The view from the sharp end.(Woodwise Forestry)(Company Profile)
February 7, 2003... In which our monthly contracting contributor Nick Hilton of Woodwise Forestry* is so taken by the long-awaited new gateway to his yard that he puts his hands in his (very deep) pockets and buys the lads a drink! Another major milestone in...

Nicholson's - the epitome of a growing business.(Nicholson Nurseries)(Company Profile)
February 7, 2003... Twenty three years ago Roderick Nicholson founded Nicholson Nurseries near Bicester, Oxfordshire and he has seen it expand from a one-man operation into a business that today provides planting, forestry and landscaping services to householders,...

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN!(University of Wales student goes to Vancouver, British Columbia)(part 1)
February 7, 2003... `Does anyone want to go on exchange?' That was the appealing e-mail that went out during Sam Coggins's first semester on the forestry degree course he was taking at the University of Wales, Bangor. The choices were: Vancouver, Canada for a year...

WINDBLOW AND TIMBER QUALITY - 1.(part 1)
February 7, 2003... In the first of a two-part feature, Shaun Mochan, timber quality project manager, Forest Research, Northern Research Station, looks at the effects of windblow on Sitka spruce quality. Windblow is a fact of life for many foresters in upland...

ANNUAL PESTICIDE REVIEW.(Industry Overview)
February 7, 2003... Colin Palmer reviews changes and developments in the agrochemical supply industry... 2002 has been a year of considerable consolidation within the pesticides industry. Much of this has reflected the difficult trading conditions in...

Imperial breaks with tradition.(Imperial College, London, England, forest conservation degree)
February 7, 2003... Designed to be `hands-on and very practically orientated', a new one- year MSc degree course in forest protection and conservation is now under way at London's Imperial College. The specifically targeted, intensive course - which has won...

TOTAL weed control.(in the UK)
February 7, 2003... Colin Palmer reviews herbicides available for use in the forestry, amenity and industrial sectors. FORESTRY A more concentrated (480gm) glyphosate formulation has been introduced from Scotts, and Monsanto will be introducing a 680gm...

WEEVIL AND SQUIRREL CONTROL.(in the UK)
February 7, 2003... 2003 will be the last year in which we will be able to use permethrin for weevil control. It will no longer be possible to purchase Permit or Permesect after July 25, and all stocks must have been sprayed by the end of the year. SumiAgro...

Natural enemies to conquer leaf pest?(horse chestnut tree, horse chestnut leaf miner, wasps are natural enemies)
February 7, 2003... The horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) has its origin in the Balkans and western Asia. It was introduced into Britain during the 16th century and is now widely spread in woodlands, parks and gardens. Highly valued for the beauty of...

Fordham flies the flag.(Fordham Hall Farm, Essex, England)
February 7, 2003... `A truly wonderful opportunity to put the vision of the England Forest Strategy into practice at a landscape scale' - this is how Woodland Trust (WT) operations manager Norman Starks described what is planned for its new `flagship' site,...

Please fence us in.(road-enclosed areas of natural vegetation)
February 7, 2003... With more and more of Britain's countryside falling beneath concrete and tarmac, road-enclosed areas of natural vegetation - including verges and roundabouts - are becoming significant in maintaining biodiversity with a `truly remarkable...

Beating the bark beetle.
February 7, 2003... Bark and wood boring beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) cause widespread damage especially in coniferous forest plantations (writes Dr Terry Mabbett). Black pine beetles of the Hylastes complex, including H ater and H brunnneus, are especially...

Applied technology.(latest developments in applicators such as spinning disc systems)
February 7, 2003... Colin Palmer looks at some of the latest developments in applicators. SPINNING DISC SYSTEMS New from Nomix (tel: 0117 957 4574) is the Nomix Weed Warrior, a CDA sprayer using pre-mixed herbicides based on glyphosate and diuron....

Mixture not as before.(weed control)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... `There is clear evidence that adding Mixture B to Timbrel gives improved control on troublesome weeds such as Rhododendron and Japanese Knotweed', states Amega Sciences MD Neil Baldwin. Reinforcing the point, Dow AgroSciences* (DAS) said that...

Stepping back to go forward.(Botex cranes)
February 7, 2003... Botex heavy lifting cranes are already well-established in the forestry market and for tree surgery, contractor and local council and amenity work. Now, a number of sawmills are using the equipment from the same stable as tractor/trailer...

Modular trailers with `unmatched' options.(Logbus forest trailers)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Logbus forest trailers, which were known until 1993 as `Kellve' in the UK, are manufactured at Skovde in Sweden by the Vreten factory which dates back to 1880. Importers Direkt Line Sweden Ltd* (with southern dealers Lamberhurst) know of two...

On the trail, Swedish-style.(Mowi forestry trailers from Fuelwood)
February 7, 2003... Designed from scratch to meet the specialist needs of forestry operations, the Swedish-made Mowi forestry trailers from Fuelwood* feature a rugged rear carriage with large bogie deflection and bearings in line with the wheels. This, the company...

Helping hand for Heligan.(timber forwarding problems resolved by Riko UK Ltd.)
February 7, 2003... `The woodlands of Heligan are by no means vast but, small or large, all woodlands need two things - good management and a good manager'. The speaker was Roger Emmett, local franchise holder for Riko UK Ltd*, commenting on his company's success...

Swedish models on offer.(trailers, cranes from Moheda, FMV)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The Moheda range of trailers and cranes and FMV cranes, both from Sweden, have been imported by A. T. Osborne* since the early eighties. Moheda originally made for FMV before going their own way and the Osbornes carry both ranges with each...

Reigning in Spain.(Industrias Guerra S.A.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Industrias Guerra, S.A., the biggest Spanish manufacturer of hydraulic timber loading cranes and forwarder trailers with experience acquired during 51 years' in forestry is now represented in the UK by Brian Hastings* a dealer for importers...