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17 March 2013
Donald Macdonald, Cowdray Estate Head Forester, has scooped the prestigious James Cup which is awarded each year to the best article in the RFS Quarterly Journal of Forestry (QJF) Date Issued: 17 March 2013 ...more
Donald Macdonald, Cowdray Estate Head Forester, has scooped the prestigious James Cup which is awarded each year to the best article in the RFS Quarterly Journal of Forestry (QJF) Date Issued: 17 March 2013 ...more

03 March 2013
Learn more about woodlands and forestry - RFS 2013 events calendar. (Image: © Debbie Cotton) Date Issued: 03 March 2013 From carbon finance and managing mixed woodlands, to continuous cover forestry and SSSI coppicing –...more
Learn more about woodlands and forestry - RFS 2013 events calendar. (Image: © Debbie Cotton) Date Issued: 03 March 2013 From carbon finance and managing mixed woodlands, to continuous cover forestry and SSSI coppicing –...more

24 February 2013
Pictured: Top Kingston Maurward Apprentice Joseph Ryall receives the RFS Silky Fox Handsaw Award from RFS Divisional Chairman John Sanders Date Issued: 24 February 2013 Apprentice Joseph Ryall has become the first student at...more
Pictured: Top Kingston Maurward Apprentice Joseph Ryall receives the RFS Silky Fox Handsaw Award from RFS Divisional Chairman John Sanders Date Issued: 24 February 2013 Apprentice Joseph Ryall has become the first student at...more

12 February 2013
Jubilee Windsor chair: presented by the Royal Forestry Society at Buckingham Palace to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee Date Issued: 12 February 2013 A unique Windsor chair made from the best of UK-sourced...more
Jubilee Windsor chair: presented by the Royal Forestry Society at Buckingham Palace to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee Date Issued: 12 February 2013 A unique Windsor chair made from the best of UK-sourced...more

06 February 2013
Natural Resources Wales takes over responsibility for forestry from Forestry Commission Wales from 1 April 2013 Date Issued: 06 February 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) says it will be keeping a watching brief...more
Natural Resources Wales takes over responsibility for forestry from Forestry Commission Wales from 1 April 2013 Date Issued: 06 February 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) says it will be keeping a watching brief...more

31 January 2013
Simon Lloyd, RFS Director of Development, issues a statement on the Government’s response to the Independent Panel on Forestry’s Final Report Date Issued: 31 January 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has warmly welcomed...more
Simon Lloyd, RFS Director of Development, issues a statement on the Government’s response to the Independent Panel on Forestry’s Final Report Date Issued: 31 January 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has warmly welcomed...more

30 January 2013
RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards: Spotlighting the tree…mendous in woodlands large and small Date Issued: 30 January 2013 Woodland owners, managers and woodland lovers have until 4 March 2013 to enter this year’s RFS...more
RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards: Spotlighting the tree…mendous in woodlands large and small Date Issued: 30 January 2013 Woodland owners, managers and woodland lovers have until 4 March 2013 to enter this year’s RFS...more

23 January 2013
Simon Lloyd, Director of Development at the Royal Forestry Society Date Issued: 23 January 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is calling on the Government to maintain a strong, focused Forestry Commission in England...more
Simon Lloyd, Director of Development at the Royal Forestry Society Date Issued: 23 January 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is calling on the Government to maintain a strong, focused Forestry Commission in England...more

18 January 2013
Forestry research specialist Jo Clark clocked up more than 9,000 miles, travelling from Inverness to the Pyrenees as part of her PhD research into the adaptation of ash to climate change Date Issued: 18 January...more
Forestry research specialist Jo Clark clocked up more than 9,000 miles, travelling from Inverness to the Pyrenees as part of her PhD research into the adaptation of ash to climate change Date Issued: 18 January...more

10 January 2013
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 10 January 2013 Most RFS Divisions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be holding a Chalara fraxinea (ash dieback) briefing at their first spring meeting of 2013. The...more
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 10 January 2013 Most RFS Divisions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be holding a Chalara fraxinea (ash dieback) briefing at their first spring meeting of 2013. The...more