A young woodland planted by others in 2006 and managed for coppice and conservation from 2014...
General outlook
Wurthymp Woodis a 17 acre / 6.9 hectare plot, divested from a mixed woodland 30 acre farmland project planted by others in 2006.
From 2014 it has stood as a stand-alone woodland conservation project in a wider landscape mosaic. The woodland is privately owned and funded and is run on a break-even sustainable basis, resources are shared with the Meadowcopse Orchard Project a few miles to the north.
The primary objectives are mixed:- a, Wildlife habitat conservation (trees, grassland and ponds). b, Rotational coppice woodland management (thinning, regeneration, rural craft materials and firewood). c, Selective long-term forestry tree management (coppice with selected standard trees left long-term). d, Community, education & research engagement, (the promotion and understanding of wildlife & sustainable conservation in a wider landscape context).
Saturday, 30 August 2014
2014
Finally, a handshake deal on a conservation woodland project.
Boundaries, legalities and other aspects to check, but hopefully moving forward with a balanced conservation minded and sustainable plot.
