Many of you have contacted me and MPC Members worried about the British Gypsum tree felling. It is all in order and done to preserve the woodlands. Our Tree Warden, Nick Betts, has emailed me giving details – see below:
I walked past this afternoon, been away for a while so missed all the action, BG have thinned the plantation, it’s a recognized forestry management operation. Basically, making space for the better trees to reach maturity whilst removing the weaker trees as a first crop, it looks drastic at first but releases a lot of light to the forest floor which should result in an increase in ground flora for a number of years before the remaining trees mature to final crop. They have also removed a lot of ash suffering from ash dieback.
Kind regards
Nick