Thanks to our continuous cover thinning, carefully carried out by Andrew and ably advised by Dietrich, we have seasoned firewood available at £50 per cubic metre, plus £8 per trailer load (1 or 2 or 3 cubic metres)delivered within 10 mile radius of Abriachan. BUY WHEN IT'S DRY!
Place orders with Alan Milton , Wester Ladycairn. 01463 861315
Less Intensive Silvicultural System - that's what been happening in the Abriachan Forest for the past few years and the improvements are certainly beginning to show.
The ground flora in the areas of the forest which have been thinned is much more varied than that under a dense canopy of lodgepole pine or even denser spruce. This is quite obvious on either side of the paths around the Ark tree house and the Forest Classroom.
Pupils from Charleston have begun a survey in their own area of LISS and have set up baseline linear and quadrat surveys in the woodland. They will keep recording tree girth, height and ground flora and fauna species over the next 10 years and be able to demonstrate that there is a marked improvement in the biodiversity of the forest.
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