The Mersey Valley Countryside Warden is now operating the second year of its sustainable woodland project. With financial help from the Countryside Agency the Warden Service has acquired a portable sawmill, and will shortly be obtaining a Drying Kiln, to enable it to effectively process and season timber.
Woodland management operations within the Valley, approved by the Forestry Commission, result in the thinning of a number of trees each season: this an important operation in urban Forestry, which effective allows the remaining trees sufficient space to continue growing, and provide more open areas for new tree growth and development of woodland plants. The timber thus generated has previously been simply turned into wood-chip, left on site or removed to a tip. The Working Woodland Project makes a more sustainable and efficient use of this resource, by processing the fallen timber into a range of woodland products for sale or re-use within the Valley.
Products can be produced to order and have additionally included wood turning timber for local craftspeople, including Cherry and Laburnum, bird box kits in a variety of styles, timber, and charcoal for barbeques. We can even offer seasoned logs for those summer evenings on the patio to burn in the chiminea, or for winter use in a wood stove or open fire.
Alternatively, price list for these products, or other details about the Project can be obtained from the Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service by contacting (0161) 881 5639, or by email on info@merseyvalley.org.uk
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The creation of woodland products such as logs, woodchip, dried timber, bird and bat boxes and bird tables for sale at competitive prices is only part of the story. Manchester Environmental Action Plan aims to reduce internal waste and improve recycling. By reusing the timber from within the Mersey Valley and Manchester’s other parks, the project can contribute towards these targets & produce cheap and reusable timber eg. for new benches or fences within the whole Authority.
Good woodland management practice such as this is being supported by the Countryside Agency, Forestry Commission and the Red Rose Forest, & will provide a good benchmark for Woodland management within Manchester’s proposed new Nature Conservation Strategy.
