Please see below a summary of the main programme of events for the year 2020.
Saturday 25th April – Spring Field Day at Cloragh, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
Cloragh is an extensive private forest of mixed stands under full and committed CCF practice for 15 years, it is one of the more advanced CCF forests in Ireland and there is good progression of regeneration and stands transformation. Cloragh is owned by Lucy Tottenham and was the site of the 2010 spring day.
Wednesday 13-Thursday 14 May: Training course on early transformation to CCF in Sitka spruce plantations with forester Ted Wilson.
Based at Kilteel Wood, Co. Kildare. Full details to be posted soon.
Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st May – Foreign Study Tour to The Black Forest in Germany
This tour has been organised by German forester and ProSilva Ireland member Rainer Wirz. We will see classic CCF management in Norway spruce and Silver fir, and CCF management in mixed forests with Douglas fir, Norway spruce, Silver fir, Beech, Maple and Ash.
Wednesday 10-Thursday 11 June 2020. Training course on early transformation to CCF in Sitka spruce plantations with forester Ted Wilson.
Based at Kilteel Wood, Co. Kildare. Full details to be posted soon.
Saturday 26th September – Autumn Field Day at Springfield Castle Woodlands, Drumcolliher, Co. Limerick
This is a farm forest owned by Jonathan and Betty Sykes planted in 1993 and 2000, largely with broadleaves. The forest is in the Forest Service CCF scheme and has undergone two thinnings. In 2015 Jonathan won the best newcomer award in the RDS Forest Service forestry awards. As the hardwood log sizes have developed, following thinning, Jonathan has invested by buying a Logosol band sawmill to try to add value to the best trees and many new ideas for potential products are being researched.
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