Production foresters developed a concept termed the ‘normal forest’ which is simply one in which all age classes for a give rotation length are equally represented by area. So, in theory you could harvest the same extent of woodland each year in perpetuity, as long as it is immediately restocked: i.e if the rotation is… Continue reading Is yours a ‘normal’ forest?
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Who ate all the dead wood
So much for hopes of an Indian Summer, with, instead, nearly a month’s worth of rain over the course of a weekend: on my morning walk I paddled through water, when yesterday the level had been about 15 cm below the path. In woodland the extra weight of the wet leaves and the soaking of… Continue reading Who ate all the dead wood
The Old Man of Wytham 