March 2023

Our Ancient Woodland Restoration course has evolved over three versions and is now live and ready to enrol.

This course is for anyone interested in ancient woodlands and is FREE and available right NOW. You can enrol by following this LINK

Over 6 modules we cover-

• Key features and management
• Survey and planning
• Halting further decline
• Recovery of the wider ecosystem
• Maximising ecological integrity
• Management approaches and opportunities.

https://lms.cumbriawoodlands.co.uk/

It's time to get to know another member of our team! This time we introduce Gary, our Woodland Creation Forester for the Community Forest Project.

So why trees?

We have a great opportunity as

On Friday (17 March) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) picked up their shovels and hosted their first staff tree-planting event in partnership with Cumbria

Tree planting doesn't have to be complicated! Slit-cut? T-cut? Digging a pit? Graham, who has planted more trees than he can remember talks us through three options for planting.

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Earlier this month the Community Forest team headed to Whitehaven for a planting day at Hensingham. Together with the local school, residents and volunteers, hundreds of trees were planted at Rosebank