{"id":6480,"date":"2021-05-06T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T09:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/?p=6480"},"modified":"2021-05-06T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T09:14:39","slug":"works-begin-again-to-clear-rhododendron-in-hazelwood-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/works-begin-again-to-clear-rhododendron-in-hazelwood-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Works begin again to clear rhododendron in Hazelwood Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6480\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-6480-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-6480-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-6480-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-6480-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6480-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Works will begin again this week to clear the invasive rhododendron from the wonderful alluvial woodland in the northern section of Hazelwood Forest, an Annex I priority habitat.\u00a0 This is a slow careful process in which the rhododendron shrubs are cut, the branches chipped and stumps treated to prevent resprouting.\u00a0 Work is commencing now so operations can take place during drier weather and site conditions, and will continue throughout the summer period.\u00a0 Please take care when walking in this area and follow all safety signage and directions.<\/p>\n<p>By removing the rhododendron from the site, this will improve the biodiversity, by providing space and light for lots of different species of ground flora to grow and the wet woodland to regenerate naturally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-6480-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6480-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-6480\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RH-Ecoplugs-in-a-rhodo-stump-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"RH Ecoplugs in a rhodo stump scaled\" alt=\"RH Ecoplugs in a rhodo stump scaled\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Works will begin again this week to clear the invasive rhododendron from the wonderful alluvial woodland in the northern section of Hazelwood Forest, an Annex I priority habitat.\u00a0 This is a slow careful process in which the rhododendron shrubs are cut, the branches chipped and stumps treated to prevent resprouting.\u00a0 Work is commencing now so &#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,1],"class_list":["post-6480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coillte-nature","category-latest-news","tag-coillte-nature","tag-project-updates","tag-restoring-biodiversity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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