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Cricket bat willow Date Issued: 02 June 2011 TOPICAL TOPIC - Cricket bat willow: The time-honoured game of cricket evolved in SE England in the Middle Ages. The first written rules appeared in 1744. During Britain's...more

Celebrate World Forest Day with a walk in Battram Wood Date Issued: 13 March 2011 The Royal Forestry Society invites you to celebrate World Forest Day on 21 March with a walk in a...more

Record number of entries to RFS Excellence in Forestry awards 2011 Date Issued: 27 March 2011 Watch this space! There has been a record number of entries for the Excellence in Forestry Awards 2011....more

Date Issued: 31 March 2011 TOPICAL TOPIC: Ancient woodland indicators (AWIs) are species that are usually more common in ancient woodland than in more recent sites. They are most commonly vascular plants, although they have...more

RFS president, Anthony Bosanquet Date Issued: 28 March 2011 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is urging Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman to encourage owners to bring neglected woodlands into active management and to provide further...more

Date Issued: 02 March 2011 TOPICAL TOPIC: Just how much people's lives revolved around woods, forests and their products in the past is revealed by the wealth of surnames reflecting the past or present...more

Date Issued: 17 April 2011 Native bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) are currently carpeting British woodlands – a sure sign of spring and of good woodland management. You can find out why by playing the...more

Quarterly Journal of Forestry April 2011, cover page Date Issued: 16 April 2011 Hot off the press in the Royal Forestry Society’s spring 2011 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry (QJF), comes the...more

Brian Lewin (centre) receives an RFS Long Service Award from RFS President Anthony Bosanquet, right, watched by Rockingham Castle owner James Saunders Watson, left. Date Issued: 27 February 2011 Rockingham Castle Estate’s Head Forester...more