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16 November 2012
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 16 November 2012 The RFS is keeping a close watch on Chalara fraxinea (Ash dieback) developments to provide information and advice for woodland owners and managers. Advisory...more
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 16 November 2012 The RFS is keeping a close watch on Chalara fraxinea (Ash dieback) developments to provide information and advice for woodland owners and managers. Advisory...more

08 November 2012
Rod Leslie, author and Chartered Forester, represented the RFS at the Summit Date Issued: 08 November 2012 Two experts representing the RFS were among 100 leading figures from forestry and government attending a key...more
Rod Leslie, author and Chartered Forester, represented the RFS at the Summit Date Issued: 08 November 2012 Two experts representing the RFS were among 100 leading figures from forestry and government attending a key...more

13 November 2012
RFS President, Nick Halsey, launches new Urban Forestry Award Date Issued: 13 November 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence in Forestry Awards have been expanded to include, for the first time, an urban...more
RFS President, Nick Halsey, launches new Urban Forestry Award Date Issued: 13 November 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence in Forestry Awards have been expanded to include, for the first time, an urban...more

25 October 2012
RFS President, Nick Halsey, announces ash dieback survey at RFS woodlands Date Issued: 25 October 2012 The RFS is surveying its own woodlands and repeating its call for sanitation felling and import bans following...more
RFS President, Nick Halsey, announces ash dieback survey at RFS woodlands Date Issued: 25 October 2012 The RFS is surveying its own woodlands and repeating its call for sanitation felling and import bans following...more

29 October 2012
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 29 October 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is calling for clear guidance for woodland owners and managers wondering how to proceed with planting schemes which include...more
Ash trees © Debbie Cotton Date Issued: 29 October 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is calling for clear guidance for woodland owners and managers wondering how to proceed with planting schemes which include...more

18 October 2012
John Tunstall, winner of the RFS Silky Fox Handsaws Awards 2012 at Reaseheath College, Cheshire, studied City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Forestry & Arboriculture Date Issued: 18 October 2012 The Royal Forestry...more
John Tunstall, winner of the RFS Silky Fox Handsaws Awards 2012 at Reaseheath College, Cheshire, studied City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Forestry & Arboriculture Date Issued: 18 October 2012 The Royal Forestry...more

11 October 2012
Foresters clock up 90 years: Peter Hooks (left) and Roy Clarke (right) collect their Long Service Awards from RFS President Nick Halsey (centre) Date Issued: 11 October 2012 Two foresters who between them have...more
Foresters clock up 90 years: Peter Hooks (left) and Roy Clarke (right) collect their Long Service Awards from RFS President Nick Halsey (centre) Date Issued: 11 October 2012 Two foresters who between them have...more

10 October 2012
RFS President, Nick Halsey Date Issued: 10 October 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is backing calls for stronger measures to ban imported ash trees to prevent ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea), the potentially devastating...more
RFS President, Nick Halsey Date Issued: 10 October 2012 The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is backing calls for stronger measures to ban imported ash trees to prevent ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea), the potentially devastating...more

19 September 2012
Date Issued: 19 September 2012 A warm welcome to the many new members who joined the RFS at the APF exhibition, the Ragley Estate in Alcester, Worcestershire, on September 13–15, and a huge thank...more
Date Issued: 19 September 2012 A warm welcome to the many new members who joined the RFS at the APF exhibition, the Ragley Estate in Alcester, Worcestershire, on September 13–15, and a huge thank...more

08 September 2012
Arboricultural Association Vice-Chairman Jago Keen collects the RFS Lockhart Garratt trophy from RFS president Nick Halsey, left, and Lockhart Garratt Chairman John Lockhart, right. Date Issued: 08 September 2012 The new Vice-Chairman of the...more
Arboricultural Association Vice-Chairman Jago Keen collects the RFS Lockhart Garratt trophy from RFS president Nick Halsey, left, and Lockhart Garratt Chairman John Lockhart, right. Date Issued: 08 September 2012 The new Vice-Chairman of the...more