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A small area of trees will be cleared at Carrickgollogan this week at the request of the ESB due to health and safety concerns. Felling will take place on the 8th / 9th June below Carrickgollogan summit adjacent to the powerlines, as marked on the map below. Felling of the remaining burnt and windblown trees &hellip
Midland Native Woodland native tree and shrub trials at Baunmore, Co. Kilkenny Native tree and shrub trials This week, the Coillte Nature team looked at how our Midlands Native Woodland tree trials are doing, having recently submitted our Form 1 Application and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Midlands Native Woodlands project to the &hellip
In Carrickgollogan, we are preparing for a major operation to clear an area of forest that was burnt and then blew down in the wind. Once the trees are removed, the area will be replanted with a mixture of native trees such as Scots pine, oak, birch, rowan and holly. We call this approach ‘R&R’– &hellip
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. This is a slow careful process in which the rhododendron shrubs are cut, the branches chipped and stumps treated to prevent resprouting. Work is commencing now so &hellip
We’re preparing the ground for a new native woodland in Cruagh as part of the Dublin Mountains Makeover. Over the coming weeks, visitors to Cruagh will notice foresters with machines ‘mounding’ the site – this means creating small piles of soil in which to plant the young trees – and putting up fencing to keep &hellip
Works have started once again as part of the Dublin Mountains Makeover. 2021 will see a number of harvesting and replanting operations take place across the Dublin Mountains. Harvesting works will include a mix of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) and R&R (Remove & Replant with native woodland). We know these operations can be disruptive. There &hellip