Innit. The benefits of #positiveforestry shall be promoted elsewhere.

None so deaf as those that won't hear

Amen brother. Only opened an account as people I wanted to follow (who I both agree and disagree with) came here. I didn't expect it to be the cesspit it is.

It's fine to have opposing views but be civil. It's not hard to not be a dick.

Last post for me. Can't be bothered with the assholes.

Alot of larch is infected with p. Ramorum. Need a licence to move it and some Mills wont take it so goes for chip

Mostly wrc but we have a little bit of lawson here. And hemlock.
All posts have to be treated here in any case, but douglas, Norway, larch have all been used at one time or another.
Most of that size stuff goes to biomass, pulp or pallet now

Well thanks for implying I'm doing well. Break even maybe, won't get rich contracting.

What is the point then?

If you engaged in a sensible conservation with us you may get to understand that but instead you focus on ridicule and false assumption. Much of my work in forestry is conservation based. I’m sure we share many common goals but I also understand there has to be a balance.

If you're at a loss, read the piece I posted earlier on, that's what we are about. Or listen to the podcast Aspect and I did a while back. Countryslide, episode 45 or 46. Spotify definitely, apple I think.
Happy to chat if you like, the offer is always there.

Ha! Dude, I'm a forestry contractor who writes a little bit. I am definitely not deluded about such things! 😂

Still at least we've found another thing in common. Soon we'll find something else to agree on I just know it!!!

Whatever your opinion, and you're more than welcome to it, comparing forestry to the worst human atrocities is too far.

Be civil.

Perhaps a public apology won't go amiss too.

Hmmm.....how are the book sales going? And I think there's a film? And speaking events?? I do hope they're going well!

Maybe not so different, you and I and Aspect Forestry?

I wrote a little piece about how forestry can be such a positive for combating climate change, i hipe you enjoy it!

I think you can use it to evidence your CPD too 😉

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Oh no Eoghan! I thought after your post about using spruce stakes to protect your brilliant project we were beginning to come closer together to a common goal! So sad 😞

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Wildlife has the right to be left alone. Not sure people have the right to disturb it just because we might want to.

We started #positiveforestry primarily for 2 reasons;

To showcase forestry as the complete industry it is for climate change, and;

To forge common ground between different viewpoints and communities.

So pleased to see @irishrainforest.bsky.social embrace this ethos, an example to us all. 🙌

I did know, as I'm sure you know I advocate for a well rounded strategy that encompasses everything from timber production to nature restoration.

What you've done here is highlight how effective this is; timber, hopefully from Ireland, used to protect the landscape. It's great. Well done.

Cracking view, you are lucky. And a lovely collie so double lucky.

Great to see you using spruce fence posts, sustainable timber is so important for carbon sequestration and the fight against climate change. Hopefully locally sourced too, to reduce mileage as much as possible.

Good work pal 👍

Interesting how different things are but still both called forestry isn't it?

Interesting about fast growing loblolly and its dimensional strength, we have similar with sitka spruce but that takes 40 odd years. People still think trees have to be slow growth to have any strength though!

That's quick! Where in the US are you?

Economics. We don't do enough to justify it and most sites are small and awkward.

Doesn't seem much? 2500 t/ha for timber here to draw the crop up, but we'd thin around 20 -25 years ish.

All by hand.
Mix of both, on the same site alot of the time
Depends on the objective, who you ask, whether its grant funded etc. It can be between 1100 t/ha to 5000 t/ha, but very often its to the lower end of that. Its not great imo.

100%

No I plant trees. Ideally what you describe there, but as often as not it's broadleaves for nature, little in the way of commercial conifer or broadleaves now

Yes mate where I live.
It works well, it just needs to be allowed to.
Listen/read to some of the stuff I've been contributing to the past few months to get an idea. #shamelessplug

#positiveforestry

I don't have to write this week's #positiveforestry, its been done for me.

Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes.

Good stuff.

"As I start to think about the planting season ahead – with some trepidation, I might add – I can’t help but cast my mind back to last winter."

FULL COLUMN: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...

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So there you have it, proof commercial forestry isn't the evil some might tell you it is.
The problem isn't what we plant it's how we manage it. Push it solely into upland areas you're limited in what you can plant. Allow timber to be planted in lowland areas, look what you get ⬆️
#positiveforestry

Unfortunately it's not all good news. This coppice sweet chestnut just around the corner has been absolutely ruined by squirrels. Its not even worth firewood and is of limited ecological value.
Squirrels are a management problem on a national scale.