Forest Management

Access

• The importance of inspection paths 
• Construction of forest roads 
• Forest road works - legal requirements
• Repair and maintenance of forest roads 

Shaping and pruning

• Formative shaping of broadleaf trees
• High pruning of conifer and broadleaf trees

Alternative management systems

• Continuous Cover Forestry - an introduction
• Transformation to CCF - four transformation stages

Fire and wind

• Dealing with storm damage 
• Dealing with wildfires 
• Forest insurance 

Pests, diseases and animals

• Chalara fraxinea (ash dieback)
• Green Spruce Aphid
• Phytophthora ramorum
• Dothistroma Needle Blight
• Large Pine Weevil 
• Animal trespass 
• Risk to humans: Lyme disease

Nutrient requirements

• Nutrient requirements in forestry
• Nutrient deficiencies: how to take foliar samples

Relevant publications:

• Farm Forestry Series No. 19: Continuous Cover Forest Management (PDF)