What is Coppicing?
Coppicing is the process whereby trees are cut down to near ground level to promote vigorous new growth. After several years the young trees produced by this process are harvested and the cycle begins again ensuring a sustainable supply of timber for future...
Woodland Consultant
The Parish Council has been working for the past year with The Forestry Commission and a qualified Woodland Consultant to secure the future of Canada Woods by thinning and coppicing parts of the woodland. This has been designed to open the tree canopy to encourage new...
Easterton Brook bank repair and public access slope
I am pleased to tell you that following much research and some fund raising the Parish Council have engaged a contractor to provide a solution, approved by the Environment Agency, to our eroding river bank and footpath. Along with this, the Parish Council have decided...
Felling Licence Granted
The UK Forestry Commission has now granted a Felling Licence to The Parish Council. This will enable the regeneration programme to begin in the Autumn. There will be some coppice felling of Birch and Alder to lower sections of Canada Woods, including trees on or near...