Tree-Marking skills and software to help us work better for forests

Last week I was excited to take part in the first tree-marking training days for the COFORD (Council for Forest Research and Development, Ireland) Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS) project in Ireland. Hollywood is one of the forests on the database, along with other plantation sites across Ireland that are being transformed, in various degrees,…Read more Tree-Marking skills and software to help us work better for forests

Hollywood shortlisted for new ForestEurope “Show off your forest” competition

Great news, today Holly and I heard that two experimental films from the Hollywood project have been short-listed for the Forest Europe 'Show off your forest competition'. I submitted two films ('burning bright' and 'the black space (resilience) of the Ash night', which I thought best conveyed the work going on here in Hollywood and…Read more Hollywood shortlisted for new ForestEurope “Show off your forest” competition

And a river runs through it – postscript to my recent river-forest-bird post

I have been thinking of other perspectives and features of the valley where my work is located and what it informs it. Nearby is a stream, that often becomes a small river in winter or in our too frequent wet summers. It was once known at the 'Black River' 300 years ago (as it came…Read more And a river runs through it – postscript to my recent river-forest-bird post