1+ day, 28+ min ago  (10+ words) Tigercat adds grapple saw option to two popular attachments'Forestry Journal...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (432+ words) Hampshire firefighters tackled a massive fire in the New Forest on Saturday evening. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to'a large fire at Bagshot Moor, East'Boldre on Saturday, 18 April. The fire destroyed approximately 15 hectares of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (609+ words) One of Scotland's leading voices on red deer management has warned the next government against pushing ahead with sharp increases in cull targets, cautioning that rural jobs and estate businesses could be put at risk. Peter Fraser, a central figure…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (612+ words) From Sitka brash to steaming Meindls, our jobbing young forestry contractor reflects on wet-season burnout, fair dealing with farmers, and moonlighting in a kilt to address the haggis. IF every job on earth paid the same amount per day, what…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (249+ words) FULL approval has been granted in the UK for a large pine weevil-targeting insecticide - in the hopes of providing essential protection to Sitka spruce and other at-risk species. Lanzarta has been given the green light for use in forest nurseries…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (276+ words) REGULATORS have renewed approval for creosote as a wood preservative " but only for tightly defined "safety'critical" uses and with a clear signal that phase'out is on the way. Under a new decision by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (598+ words) Campfires and barbecues have been banned from a national park amid fears over wildfires. A new byelaw came into effect on 1 April in Cairngorms National Park, prohibiting unauthorised fires lit by visitors to the area. Park bosses say that rogue…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (159+ words) IT is one of the UK's largest forestry companies. Now Scottish Woodlands is on the hunt for a key member to join its team. The firm is recruiting a senior forest manager for its Banchory office due to "increasing activities…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (222+ words) THEY have clocked up a combined 60 years of service on one Northumberland estate. Now two foresters' long-service has been recognised by the Royal Forestry Society. Martin Rae and George Graham were recently presented with the RFS Long Service Award for…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (580+ words) WHEN forestry loses one of its own, an industry mourns. That was very much the case on the Forest Machine Operators Blog last month as the UK's operators came together to remember Ian "Scotty" Scott. "The forestry world lost an…...