News

03 December 2014
Myerscough College has become the first to launch RFS Conifers for Colleges in the North West with planting in their campus woodlands. Conifers for Colleges is our flagship education and research programme, bringing colleges and...more
Myerscough College has become the first to launch RFS Conifers for Colleges in the North West with planting in their campus woodlands. Conifers for Colleges is our flagship education and research programme, bringing colleges and...more

02 December 2014
Our RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards are moving to Wales for 2015 with woodland owners and managers across Wales being invited to enter six high-value prize categories. Among them is a special award, Woodland Creation Excellence, being...more
Our RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards are moving to Wales for 2015 with woodland owners and managers across Wales being invited to enter six high-value prize categories. Among them is a special award, Woodland Creation Excellence, being...more

01 December 2014
Northumberland College's Kirkley Hall Campus has become the first to launch RFS Conifers for Colleges in the North East with planting in their Woodland and Countryside Centre. Conifers for Colleges is our flagship education and...more
Northumberland College's Kirkley Hall Campus has become the first to launch RFS Conifers for Colleges in the North East with planting in their Woodland and Countryside Centre. Conifers for Colleges is our flagship education and...more

25 November 2014
The RFS membership has identified grey squirrel damage as the greatest current threat to woodlands. Grey squirrels cause damage to young woodlands, mainly broadleaf, and primarily to trees aged 10-40 years through bark stripping and...more
The RFS membership has identified grey squirrel damage as the greatest current threat to woodlands. Grey squirrels cause damage to young woodlands, mainly broadleaf, and primarily to trees aged 10-40 years through bark stripping and...more

24 November 2014
Seventeen remarkable foresters from across England and Wales received Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Long Service Awards in 2014 after clocking up more than 690 years of experience between them. RFS President Sir Jack Whitaker says:...more
Seventeen remarkable foresters from across England and Wales received Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Long Service Awards in 2014 after clocking up more than 690 years of experience between them. RFS President Sir Jack Whitaker says:...more

14 November 2014
Our Hockeridge and Pancake Wood volunteers have gone into action for the first time, helping to cut back regeneration that had grown over rides. Overseen by the Chiltern Society, 16 volunteers tackled western hemlock, western red...more
Our Hockeridge and Pancake Wood volunteers have gone into action for the first time, helping to cut back regeneration that had grown over rides. Overseen by the Chiltern Society, 16 volunteers tackled western hemlock, western red...more

06 November 2014
Our unique Conifers for Colleges programme has gone live with a launch at Moulton College in Northamptonshire and praise from across the forestry sector. Conifers for Colleges recognises the risks that climate change, pests and...more
Our unique Conifers for Colleges programme has gone live with a launch at Moulton College in Northamptonshire and praise from across the forestry sector. Conifers for Colleges recognises the risks that climate change, pests and...more

03 November 2014
A graduate surveyor with Fisher German in Banbury has won this year's Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Morley Penistan Award as top student on the Forestry and Woodland Management module at the Royal Agricultural University in...more
A graduate surveyor with Fisher German in Banbury has won this year's Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Morley Penistan Award as top student on the Forestry and Woodland Management module at the Royal Agricultural University in...more

20 October 2014
A widening and growing discussion on the damage that grey squirrels are causing to the UK's much loved broadleaf woodlands is warmly welcomed by the RFS. In an article in the Sunday Times on 19...more
A widening and growing discussion on the damage that grey squirrels are causing to the UK's much loved broadleaf woodlands is warmly welcomed by the RFS. In an article in the Sunday Times on 19...more

16 October 2014
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) welcomes confirmation during Grown in Britain week of a Government aim to reduce burdens for landowners wanting to plant new woodlands and forests and of an increase of 7% in...more
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) welcomes confirmation during Grown in Britain week of a Government aim to reduce burdens for landowners wanting to plant new woodlands and forests and of an increase of 7% in...more