Timber Cruising and Cable Logging in North Vancouver
When ICF Student member Ellinor Dobie was awarded the 2016 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership award, it was the beginning of a once-in-a-lifetime placement at Strategic Natural Resource Consultants in British Columbia, Canada. In her first guest blog, Ellinor describes her unique new surroundings and getting fit in the forest while timber cruising and checking […]
EAB in Ottawa: Your Questions Answered
EAB in Ottawa: Your Questions Answered Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award Winner Nicholas Hill recently wrote about his experiences with Emerald Ash Borer while on placement in Ottawa. Now his interview with Jason Pollard, Forester and Section Manager with the City of Ottawa Forest Service, anwsers questions posed by readers. Further Reading www.eomf.on.ca/index.php?option=com_ttvideo&view=videolist&id=0&Itemid=497 treecanada.ca/en/resources/tree-killers/insects/emerald-ash-borer/ […]
Promoting Forestry Beyond Chainsaws
After being discouraged from studying forestry at school, Bangor Student Samantha Howard discovered a sector with a wide breadth of career choices and possibilities. Now Samantha is trying to spread the word to other young people with her Making Future Foresters Facebook project. “So you cut down trees?” A familiar question for many foresters. The forestry […]
Scotland’s Long Term Forest Plans
Scotland’s Long Term Forest Plans We all know that when it comes to creating woodland that we’re planting with the intention that the woodland will thrive and grow over a long period of time. We may all have various reasons for planting but regardless of our intended outcome, it’s important to get things right from […]
Marketing Diversity
Forestry is now a booming billion pound sector in the UK, yet it continues to face a lack of diversity in its workforce. Following Confor’s Diversity for Resilience workshop in Edinburgh, Julie Thomson, ICF Marketing and Communications Officer, reports on the issues raised and what, as a marketing professional, she can do to help. I […]
Algonquin Provincial Park: a multi-use forest on a large scale
ICF Associate Member, Nicholas Hill, took on an exciting work placement in Canada as part of his 2016 Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award. In his latest blog for ICF, Nicholas takes us through the diverse forestry activities of Algonquin Provincial Park. Algonquin Provincial Park is a multi-use forest. It is an esteemed setting for […]
Engaging Communities for Successful Tree Management
On this week’s blog, Christopher Neilan MICFor, Principal Tree Officer at Epping Forest District Council, discusses the importance of community engagement in public sector tree management. He shares his experiences of success with local communities and the importance of storytelling for communicating key messages. What’s the future for public sector tree management? Should we keep […]
UK Forestry: Where are we going, and who is taking us there?
The recent government consultation on the future of Scottish forestry has left significant uncertainty among the ICF membership and the wider sector. In our latest guest blog, Ian Thomas MICFor, Partner at Landmanager.eu, offers his thoughts on the future of UK forestry. Monopoly, Oligarchy, Cartel. All words with negative connotations for most people, unless of course […]