Scottish Forestry

Free Integrating Trees Network farm visit! 🌳 🐑 Walking and Talking - exploring the benefits of trees for big and wee beasts Join Andy and Debbie Duffus on their 1540 ha beef and sheep hill farm on Wednesday 2 October, 10am – 1pm. You will hear about their recent venture into woodland creation and plans for riparian planting as well as a discussion around the objectives, challenges and benefits to planting trees. A speaker from Scottish Forestry will be there to answer questions around funding and we’ll also be joined by a speaker from the Spey Catchment Initiative. Book your free place: https://lnkd.in/gWVvF3Ua #FarmWoodland #Farming #TreePlanting #Forestry #Farm #Trees

This weekend is the Logie Timber Festival where over 50 exhibitors will be displaying along with a top notch programme of workshops. The event will be celebrating craftsmanship, creativity, and community. You can explore handmade products, savour delicious food, and enjoy live music. And if you feel energetic you can try your hand at axe throwing, archery, and green woodwork. There's a large programme of activities on offer which Scottish Forestry is working with a range of partners on. This includes an introductory talk on the #WoodlandCarbonCode on Saturday morning. You can see our full programme if you scroll down the page on this link: https://lnkd.in/dGfGs8p6 Two very popular workshops have limited spaces so you will need to book in advance: Try Your Hand at Log Grading Come along and try your hand at spotting the best quality timber. Learn how to grade logs for different uses and qualities. These free, friendly and fun sessions are designed to give you an introduction to the techniques involved and is suitable for all levels of timber knowledge from beginners onwards. The sessions will be delivered by ASHS (Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers) To Book: https://lnkd.in/eHymTZ2U Try Martelloscope Martelloscope is a new app designed to improve forestry planning. Darnaway Wood (10 mins from Logie Festival) is one of the Martelloscope Demonstration Plots. The sessions will be led by Prof. Ted Wilson (Silvaculture Research International). Participants will be collected from the Scottish Forestry Marquee at Logie Timber Festival (Logie Estate Steading) and transported to and from Darnaway Wood within the 2 hour time slot. To book: https://lnkd.in/eXXVeDhM #Logietimberfestival #festival #forestry #event

Both Scottish Forestry and Ireland’s Department of Agriculture are working collaboratively together on precautionary forestry measures following the finding of three Ips cembrae beetles (commonly known as the large larch bark beetle) in a trap in Passage West port in Cork.  Until further investigations have been carried out, a precautionary pause is now in place preventing all conifer timber with bark on being transported to Ireland from Scotland’s west coast Pest Free Area.  Full story: https://lnkd.in/eHiAXxHF #treehealth #shipping #beetle #forestry #conifer Confor: Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Scottish Land & Estates

A very informative morning spent with Moray Council's Councillors who were finding out more about the contribution the forestry sector makes to the local economy as they prepare their own woodland strategy. We had some superb talks and visits to James Jones & Sons Ltd at Mosstodloch and with Will Anderson at Seafield Estate. Many thanks to all those who were involved. Scottish Forestry's Grampian Conservancy was very pleased to get everyone together. #teameffort #forestry #economy #woodlandstrategy #engagement

Make sure to book your place on the next joint Scottish Forestry / Institute of Chartered Foresters webinar to help you understand climate chnage projections and affects on forestry. The event, on 3 September, is open to anyone - you don't need to be an ICF member and it's FREE! 👇 👇 👇

We've got a cracking #IntegratingTreesNetwork event lined up for you on Tuesday 10th Sept. There's a site visit to the Barbour's family farm at Mains of Fincastle in the afternoon where you can see first hand how they have integrated trees into the farming business. They have a wealth of experience over many years so you can chat over all aspects of farming and forestry. The farm visit is in the afternoon but before that we have Prof Davy McCracken from the SRUC giving a talk about growing trees into the farming landscape, followed by an open discussion. It is shaping up to be a really useful double header event so if you want to come to either or both the events on the day - please book early before all place go. Booking here:https://lnkd.in/excart3z #event #farming #forestry #livestock #cattle #trees #woodland #productivity

Take advantage of a very user friendly way of getting to grips with the new UKFS…..the e-learning programme. 👇 👇

Scottish Forestry is co-funding this interesting #PHD opportunity with University of Glasgow and Sonichem. There are a number of research areas to explore. We are particularly keen to see the PhD carried out as it will contribute to our on-going work to maximise the value of wood fibre in forests of the future, as well as potentially creating novel, sustainable products to support and advance decarbonisation ambitions across a wide range of sectors. More info and where to apply here 👇 👇 👇

This very much applies to woodland owners and professionals in Scotland too - please get involved in this Forest Research study about public access to woodland. 👇 👇 👇

Don't miss out on this double header from the Integrating Trees Network on Tues 10 Sept! 1. The morning with SRUC's expert Davy McCracken at Blair Atholl village hall to hear about growing trees and then an open discussion. 2. The afternoon is a visit to The Balfour family's Mains of Fincastle farm to see how they have integrated tree into their business. More info and booking: 👇 👇 👇