National Forestry Demonstration of Forest Clusters
Wednesday 29 September 2010, Community Hall,
Inagh, Co. Clare
County Clare is home to over 2000 forest owners, largely from farming backgrounds. Similarly to other counties, a large proportion of the plantations are now approaching first thinning.
The cooperation between forest owners carrying out thinning provides a more streamlined approach for selling timber. In Clare, a group thinning approach is currently operating to ensure forest owners secure the best possible prices for their thinnings. A group of forest owners known as the Connolly Cluster have joined together to sell their timber.
This joint Teagasc/Forest Service event will give forest owners an ideal opportunity to see a live demonstration of first thinning in one of the Connolly Cluster forests. This demonstration forest is representative of other forests in the area and gives a true picture of farm forestry in the west of Ireland. This National Forestry Demonstration will focus on the following topics:
- Come and see how to construct inspection paths
- Find out about forest road construction
- Find out when your plantations should be thinned
- Live demonstrations of harvesting and forwarding machinery
- Live demonstrations of horse extraction
- See first hand the types of timber products that are produced during thinning
- Find out how the Connolly Cluster operates and if it may suit you and other forest owners in your locality
Investing a few hours of your time in this event before thinning could make a big difference in the long term. This event promises to be very valuable. All are welcome and please inform other forest owners in your area.
Event details:
Wednesday 29 September, Inagh, Co. Clare. Arrive any time between 11.30am and 1pm at the Community Hall, Inagh, Co. Clare. Participants will be bussed to the nearby site and the demonstration will take approximately 2.5 hours. This is an outdoor event so please bring appropriate footwear and raingear. All are welcome. Event is free.
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For further information contact: Áine O'Callaghan
