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17 April 2013
RFS President Nick Halsey plants a lime tree to celebrate the move to the Upton Estate Date Issued: 17 April 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has pledged to strengthen the voice of its...more
RFS President Nick Halsey plants a lime tree to celebrate the move to the Upton Estate Date Issued: 17 April 2013 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has pledged to strengthen the voice of its...more

03 April 2013
Cover of RFS Quarterly Journal of Forestry, April 2013 Date Issued: 03 April 2013 Cone production, canopy cover to control vegetation, rare birch – a few of the fascinating articles in the April issue of...more
Cover of RFS Quarterly Journal of Forestry, April 2013 Date Issued: 03 April 2013 Cone production, canopy cover to control vegetation, rare birch – a few of the fascinating articles in the April issue of...more

03 April 2013
RFS Director of Development Simon Lloyd says: “Any attempts to merge Forest Services, the FC arm working with the private sector, with other bodies would dilute the voice of forestry in England." Date Issued: 03...more
RFS Director of Development Simon Lloyd says: “Any attempts to merge Forest Services, the FC arm working with the private sector, with other bodies would dilute the voice of forestry in England." Date Issued: 03...more

27 March 2013
Best in class: winners of last year's Schools Award Date Issued: 27 March 2013 An art gallery in Warwickshire and primary schools in Stalybridge, Cheshire, and Halesowen, West Midlands, have been shortlisted for the...more
Best in class: winners of last year's Schools Award Date Issued: 27 March 2013 An art gallery in Warwickshire and primary schools in Stalybridge, Cheshire, and Halesowen, West Midlands, have been shortlisted for the...more

27 March 2013
Simon Lloyd, RFS Director of Development, responds to news of £1.5 million for Chalara research Date Issued: 27 March 2013 The RFS has welcomed a £1.5 million research project to identify Chalara-resistant ash trees,...more
Simon Lloyd, RFS Director of Development, responds to news of £1.5 million for Chalara research Date Issued: 27 March 2013 The RFS has welcomed a £1.5 million research project to identify Chalara-resistant ash trees,...more

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