Forestry & British Timber articles from June 2004

Forestry & British Timber archives from June 2004

MACDONALD'S HEALTHY OPTION.(Forest Industries Development Council)
June 9, 2004... The winds of change - just as the spring's easterlies relented to herald the summer's first brief heatwave - have begun to blow through the forests of trade representation as advocated in last year's Macdonald Report. This urged that the...

Trees for people - SE's double boost.(Scottish Executive)(woods in and around towns)
June 9, 2004... `Having better access to a greater number of vibrant woodlands will have big benefits in terms of community spirit, economic development and, of course, health and well-being'. Scottish forestry minister Allan Wilson brought this message when...

Putting heart into Welsh woods.(Cydcoed)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... `This conference is aimed at giving people some great ideas about what their woods can do for them and how to make it happen', said Phil Tidey of Coed Lloel*, one of its organisers introducing the free event to be staged at Aberystwyth...

Enter - Scotland's enterprising team.(Forest Enterprise Scotland)
June 9, 2004... Acting-chief executive of Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) since the agency was formed in April 2003, Dr Hugh Insley has been confirmed in the permanent position. Previously North Scotland director of the former Great Britain-wide FE, Dr...

John Firn heads up the FTA.(Forestry & Timber Association)
June 9, 2004... 'We have a busy, exciting and important year ahead. The APF Show at Ragley Hall (see p21) in September will see the formal launch of our manifesto setting out FTA's vision for change and our partnership with UKFPA in establishing the new UK...

Coping with coppice.(Forestry Commission booklet)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Advice to owners on tackling the problem of restoring areas of neglected hazel coppice is given in a new Forestry Commission booklet*. As well as describing practical management measures for surviving neglected patches, it presents the results...

Sowing SS seed for success.(Sitka spruce)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Sitka spruce yields could be boosted by up to almost 30% by using improving planting material, according to a Forestry Commission tree- breeding experiment carried out in North Wales. The results are given in the study report - `An indication...

Forum members.(Forestry Commission Scotland)
June 9, 2004... Forestry Commission Scotland is seeking 'public-spirited' people with an interest in all aspects of forestry to serve on its five new regional forestry forums. They will provide advice to the Commission on a range of issues relevant to...

1000 surveyed - no P. ramorum.(Phytopthora ramorum)
June 9, 2004... Following what its describes as 'the largest and swiftest survey of woods ever undertaken in response to a specific threat', The Forestry Commission said it had failed to find any cases of Phytopthora ramorum (Sudden oak death - SOD - see FBT...

Sunny takes the healthy route.(East of England Conservancy)(Sunny Singh)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... `Woodlands are good for you', sums up Cambridge-based Sunny Singh's thoughts on her new role as Forestry Commission East of England Conservancy social development officer. `Trees improve people's health by offering places to walk, cycle or...

Calling tree officers.
June 9, 2004... If you are a local authority tree officer in England, who is most directly responsible for the management of the tree resource, you should be in receipt of a questionnaire from Myerscough College and ADAS Consulting as part of the 'Trees in...

Hidden harvest highlights.(forest products)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... There's more to woodlands than wood and leaves. For instance: game; edible and medicinal plants (as our ancestors well knew); mushrooms; and seeds, bark, resins and dyes. All are covered in the Scottish Forest Industries Cluster's new website,...

UKWAS updated.(UK Woodland Assurance Standard)(Pan-European Forest Certification schemes)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Due to be completed by September 30 2004, the UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS)* is currently being revised. In the wake of the initial public consultation to identify those parts needing change, UKWAS prepared its own formal consultation...

Putting people first.(Central Scotland Forest)
June 9, 2004... 'Woodlands have a great potential to increase the quality of living space in our towns and are a way of turning the blight of derelict and vacant land into attractive landscape assets and a source of civic pride'. Forestry Minister Allan...

Victory oaks.(HMS Victory flag ship)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Oaks from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire have been felled to help restore Nelson's flag ship 'HMS Victory'. The 200-year-old oak trees have a strong link with Admiral Lord Nelson. He visited the Dean area in 1802 and later...

End of the road for FIDC.(Forest Industries Development Council)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Forest Industries Development Council (FIDC) chairman, Alan Bloomfield, has warmly welcomed the planned establishment of a new UK forest industries confederation (yet to be named). Speaking at FIDC's AGM in Edinburgh he announced that the...

Letter: FC in Wales.(Letter to the Editor)
June 9, 2004... From Hugh Wheeldon 'Sir, Simon Hewitt's robust defence of the FC in March (FBT p16) paints a very positive picture of their activities in the Principality. I have been quite closely involved with the changes and initiatives which he...

Community wood Tees off at Wilton.(North East Community Forests Development Company)(Teesside)
June 9, 2004... The proposed #45m green-energy project on the former ICI chemicals site on Teesside (FBT February p10 - `Wilton wants 8000ha SRC backup') has taken another step forward to its predicted 2007 completion date. At the end of April, the local power...

Winds of change.(ForestGALES)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... `Since its launch in 2000, ForestGALES* has been widely adopted by the UK forest industry as a valuable planning tool'. Professor Barry Gardiner of Forest Research's (FR) northern research station at Roslin, near Edinburgh spoke when the...

S. Yorks wood fair.(South Yorkshire)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... A fun day out for all the family and an opportunity for Yorkshire's woodland owners, managers, contractors and farmers to learn more about how they could benefit from the Objective 1 funded Forestry Resources Grant (FRG) are promised by the...

Tim Rollinson, DG - a tried and tested skipper.(Director General of Forestry Commission of United Kingdom)(Biography)
June 9, 2004... As regular readers of FBT's last-page slot will be well aware, `Tanarus' holds determined - not to say, trenchant - views on the Forestry Commission's role in the 21st century. Who more appropriate, therefore than its author to present this...

To the Manor Born!(trade shows of lumber industry at Capel Manor college)
June 9, 2004... As a showcase for the arboricultural industry, and a marketplace for a comprehensive range of products, equipment, machinery and services Capel Manor's 'A Celebration of Trees' is hard to beat and April's two- day event proved as popular as the...

Shelter is key to successful broadleaf silviculture.
June 9, 2004... Ted Horgan, Coillte, Research and Environment* looks at the use of conifers as a nurse species for growing broadleaves. Situated on the western seaboard of Europe, Ireland is subjected to higher winds than those experienced in most other...

APF DIARY 2004.(Calendar)
June 9, 2004... Time marches on and September is racing towards us, writes APF Exhibition secretary Ian Millward*. April was another very busy month for the team and our chief-co- ordinator Mike Box seems to have been almost permanently on site, meeting...

Cotswolds' comprehensive coverage.(growth of Comprehensive Tree Care )
June 9, 2004... `I dread to think what the health and safety people would say nowadays but I suppose ignorance was bliss'. Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire arboriculturist Michael Walker was talking to Suzanne Kelsey from his Chipping Norton base in the Cotswolds...

BIG CHIPPER: Forty years on.(Graham Satchwell)(Biography)
June 9, 2004... Chippers International Ltd* (CI) MD Graham Satchwell first became involved in the machinery business at the age of 16 in 1963. When, 16 years later, he moved into the woodchipper sector and began his connection with Gandini, there were only two...

BIG CHIPPER: Going the whole way to market.(Kingwell Holdings)
June 9, 2004... When the value of the timber is worth less than the chips - is whole- tree chipping the way forward? Veteran site-clearance/forestry and arb contractor Justin Kingwell of Kingwell Holdings* thinks it is, as his latest machinery purchase at...

BIG CHIPPER: Setting the benchmark.(Entec Industries TW150TR)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Woodchipper manufacturers Entec Industries* used the Arboricultural Association's Trade Fair at Cirencester this month to launch a new machine. The Suffolk based company have revamped their tracked 6in model and given it a new designation -...

BIG CHIPPER: Safe tracking on roads and rivers.(GreenMech Ltd. Eco Arborist)
June 9, 2004... Described as the `the ideal diesel starter range' of professional woodchippers and `unique' in view of its adaptability', the new Eco Arborist from GreenMech Ltd* (GM) features a 6in (150mm) capacity with either a 26hp diesel or 27hp petrol...

BIG CHIPPER: Chips served on silver plate.(Wilkie Recycling Systems Ltd.)
June 9, 2004... This is jubilee time for Tadley, Hants-based Wilkie Recycling Systems Ltd*. Its celebration of 25 years as suppliers of woodchippers to the UK market got under way with the May announcement of the order for its 500th Premier machine and is...

BIG CHIPPER: 1st Call on the line.(DANequip Blue Chip)
June 9, 2004... When Farnham-based Jon Benson (1st Call Tree Clearance) won a considerable line clearance contract with Scottish & Southern Energy he had his hands full and not just with the paperwork. However, help was at hand in the shape of his tracked Blue...

BIG CHIPPER: New name - same service.(B.E. Recycling Ltd.)
June 9, 2004... `After many rumours and speculation', announces Paul Caldwell, managing director of B.E. Recycling Ltd (BER)* - formerly trading as Kendall Machinery UK Ltd - `Bandit stump grinders are here at last'. BER is directly linked to Bandit Industries...

BIG CHIPPER: Heart of the operation.(Laimet HP21)
June 9, 2004... Until a couple of years ago Abbey Timber, a small softwood mill owned by Willie Dobie in the Scottish borders, had a problem with waste. This was partly solved by using a tractor pto chipper but all the extra handling offset much of the...

BIG CHIPPER: Direct to users.(Junkkari)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... 'Junkkari chippers are sold direct to the end user which ensures prices are kept as competitive as possible'. Speaker is John Wilson of Jas P Wilson*, who continue to offer the Finnish pto powered chippers. 'The range varies considerably...

BIG CHIPPER: New chip off an older block.(Chip165)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Hot off the press at this month's (June) Arboricultural Association Trade Fair at Cirencester Park, Glos - following the first pilot run at Landforce's* works - was its new Chip 165 model. It comes on the back of the Grantham, Lincs...

BIG CHIPPER: New breed of Bearcats.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Bearcat, from North Dakota, has been represented in the UK for the last 12 years, by Saxon Industries* of Hungerford. 'In their home market they are closing in fast on the number one position and in the UK have a strong position in the...

BIG CHIPPER: Four shredding options.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Available in four sizes - from 7 to 20cm machines, both self-powered and pto - the new range of Negri Bio-Shredders from Fletcher Stewart (Stockport) Ltd (FS)* are designed for use by local authorities, hire shops, garden contractors and, `in...

BIG CHIPPER: Compact Jenz.(the AZ 660)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Following the success of the its AZ 55 green waste and wood shredder, Jenz have now produced a new compact machine - the AZ 660 - which is available, in two engine sizes through distributors Westcon Equipment (UK) Ltd*. It still has many of the...

BIG CHIPPER: On the right track.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Vermeer has added several tracked machines to its range offered through B-Trac Equipment Ltd*. 'Most popular will undoubtedly be the BC150TX, the tracked version of the BC150', said B-Trac's md Martin Wright. 'However, all larger capacity...