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Funding available for Welsh Forestry Businesses

Mar 18 |16:41 PM

MWMAC Ltd, has been successful in winning a Welsh Assembly Government and EU funded three year project, called, “Focus on Forestry First”.(FFF.)

The aim of the project is to fund training and offer business development opportunities to Welsh businesses within the trees and timber sector. As the title suggests the project will start with the forestry contractor, offering up to 100% funding for training courses.

New £3.8 million community woodland underway in Bury

Nov 07 |11:46 AM

Work has started in the North West of England to transform Waterdale and Drinkwater Parks in Bury, as part of one of the country’s biggest green regeneration programmes.

A team of specialists from the Forestry Commission is working on former industrial land between Prestwich and Clifton, to construct a green makeover that will improve the local environment for nearby communities, where recreational facilities have been virtually non-existent.

Fight is on to save woodlands from Sudden Oak Death fungi

Nov 02 |00:00 AM

The fight is on to save the ancient woodlands of Wales from the potentially devastating Sudden Oak Death disease, which has already established a foothold in Carmarthenshire.

A partnership project between Forestry Commission Wales and the National Trust has already begun clearing rhododendron – which harbours the deadly fungi that can decimate oak forests - at the famous Colby Woodland Gardens, Amroth.

Ford bridge the focus of attention

Oct 30 |10:23 AM

It's just got easier for people to enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the Cambrian mountains after a new bridge was built across a river leading to the Irfon Forest near Llanwrtyd Wells.

The wooden footbridge, built by Powys County Council's Countryside Services and Forestry Commission Wales, stretches across a ford on the Afon Cammarch, enabling walkers and mountain bikers to reach the rolling hills and rugged mountains without getting their feet wet!

Revealing the hidden history of the Nercwys Forest

Oct 27 |00:00 AM

Major felling operations across north Wales are slowly revealing the hidden history of the area as local landmarks re-emerge from the forest canopy.

Back in the 1960s a big planting programme near Mold included the Nercwys mountain – and a 300-year-old shepherd’s cottage which was demolished to make way for the trees. Now, a partnership project between volunteers, Forestry Commission Wales and the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has painstakingly begun uncovering the past.

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