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Drought and disease researchers awarded Viking Bursary
This year's Viking Bursary has gone to PhD students, Emily Grace and Andrea Rabbai, who are studying bacterial tree diseases and the impact of drought on mixed forest stands respectively.
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Open Letter to Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer
Christopher Williams, RFS Chief Executive, writes to the newly appointed government to promote the forestry sector and asks for support in the years ahead.
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Forestry for Non-Foresters: Woodland Creation
This video has been brought to you by The Royal Forestry Society, Penfolds Forestry, Cumbria Woodlands and Coombes Forestry and was Funded by the Forestry Commission Forestry Innovation Fund.
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New Measures To Stop Ips Spread
The Forestry Commission is expanding the current eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) demarcated area in England following findings on Norway spruce in East Anglia.
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Ips in East Anglia: Be Vigilant
All woodland owners and managers across the country are being asked to be extra vigilant for signs of Ips typographus. The warning comes after the Forestry Commission confirmed eradication measures are being undertaken for Ips in East Anglia.
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Observatree: A New Collaboration
It is National Plant Health Week from 6-12 May. The Royal Forestry Society is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Observatree, the tree health citizen science project that promotes tree health surveillance and reporting.
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How Dothistroma has Blighted our Forests
Katherine Tubby has been part of Forest Research’s Tree Health team at Alice Holt since 2000. She researches the impacts and management of pests and diseases including Dothistroma needle blight (DNB). Operationally, she says, DNB is currently best tackled using silvicultural means.
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#ForestDay: 5 Ways We Are Innovating
Thursday 21st March is the United Nations' International Day of Forests 2024. This year the theme is ‘Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World’. At the Royal Forestry Society we have been encouraging innovation in many ways.
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Helping Woodlands Survive Storms
Storms continue to batter parts of the UK with more storms predicted. Our grants help forestry owners and managers make storm damage in woodland less likely in the future.
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Battram Tree Thinning 2023-2024
We are carrying out a thinning exercise in Battram Wood in the National Forest. This involves removing a proportion of the trees, still leaving most of the trees in any given stand.
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A Northern Powerhouse of Woodlands
From encouraging forestry microbusinesses to inspiring children and empowering young people, our Excellence in Forestry Awards 2023 show projects across the North of England leading the way.
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The Duke of Cornwall’s Award for Resilient Multi-Purpose Forestry 2023
Congratulations go to gold winners, Witherslack Woodlands, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, owned by Nicholas Stanley, and to silver winners, Hovingham Estate, Hovingham, York, owned by Sir William Worsley.
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