Home Project Updates
We’re preparing the ground for the first new native woodland in the Dublin Mountains Makeover. In the coming days, visitors to Ticknock 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 the hungry deer &hellip
If you’ve been following the Dublin Mountains Makeover, you may have already visited our dedicated project page, watched our video introducing the project, read our progress updates on the blog, checked out our Beginner’s Guides to the two main forestry techniques we’re using (CCF and R&R) and noticed some of the signage we’ve been installing &hellip
In some parts of the Dublin Mountain forests, we’re changing the tree species by removing timber forests and replanting them with native woodlands – a process we call ‘R&R’. In this blog, we explain what R&R is, how it works and what the benefits will be. Native broadleaves are rare in the Dublin Mountains The &hellip
Coillte Nature is restoring an ancient alluvial woodland in Co. Sligo by removing the invasive species that are slowly choking it. We’ve made a short video to show you how we’re tackling the problem and what the benefits will be, and explain it all in greater detail in the blog below.
Phase 2 of the Dublin Mountains Makeover will commence the week of Monday 21st September with two projects in Cruagh forest. Which one happens first will depend on the weather conditions. Temporary trail detours may be required – please follow safety signage and be mindful of Coillte staff directing traffic. 1. We will be working on &hellip
UPDATED 15.10.20: Starting on Tuesday 20th October, the Dublin Mountains Makeover is continuing in Ballyedmonduff. We’re preparing for a major operation to clear an area of forest that blew down in the wind. This exposed hillside site will be replanted with a mixture of native trees (birch and rowan) and Sitka spruce, with the Sitka &hellip