{"id":18557,"date":"2017-06-14T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18557"},"modified":"2017-06-14T11:17:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:17:55","slug":"trust-woodland-to-supply-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/tree-root-and-branch\/trust-woodland-to-supply-timber\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust Woodland to Supply Timber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do Acute Oak Decline, The Red Squirrel Survival Trust and the silviculture reduction of oak rotation from 140 years to 100 years have in common? I can think of two or three answers around the work of the late Peter Goodwin.<\/p>\n<p>Peter was from a family of cabinet makers and with Lewis Scott founded the <strong>Woodland Trust<\/strong> a charity focused on forestry and users of the different types of wood. The trust is a fount of knowledge about our native trees, tree planting advice and woodland based education.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1847976174\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1847976174.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Acute Oak Decline (AOD)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AOD is an aggressive disease which can result in high levels of tree mortality within 5 years of diagnosis.<\/li>\n<li>Like chronic Oak decline, AOD affects pendunculate and sessile oak trees that are over 50 years old<\/li>\n<li>AOD is caused by a pathogenic bacteria that attacks the trunk of the tree causing a dark, sticky fluid to ooze from cracks or lesions in the bark.<\/li>\n<li>Trees may also suffer from canopy dieback, similar to that in chronic oak decline.<\/li>\n<li>Chronic Oak Decline is a less vociferous disease caused in part by insect damage caused by the leaf roller moth caterpillars .<\/li>\n<li>The Woodland Trust has sponsored research into the problems and potential treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Red Squirrel Survival Trust<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The American grey squirrel is a destructive pest that has displaced many colonies of red squirrels.<\/li>\n<li>By keeping reds and greys apart, red squirrels can be allowed to thrive protecting the biodiversity of Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s native woodlands.<\/li>\n<li>Other activities of the trust include establishing new red colonies\u00c2\u00a0across the UK wherever feasible and funding research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"intro\">\u00c2\u00a0Ancient and veteran trees<\/h3>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<ul>\n<li>The British love ancient trees, the stories associated with them, cultural connections and historic uses of timber for dwellings ship building etc.<\/li>\n<li>The number of ancient trees in the UK (127,595) is exceptional. Many look special and support rare fungi, plants and animals.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Woodland Trust&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"Ancient Tree Hunt (new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancient Tree Inventory<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to find ancient trees near you. &#8216;You&#8217;ll be able to record one that is missing or search the database for the largest or oldest trees in any part of the UK.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do Acute Oak Decline, The Red Squirrel Survival Trust and the silviculture reduction of oak rotation from 140 years to 100 years have in common? I can think of two or three answers around the work of the late Peter Goodwin. Peter was from a family of cabinet makers and with Lewis Scott founded the Woodland Trust a charity focused on forestry and users of the different types of wood. The trust is a fount of knowledge about our&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/tree-root-and-branch\/trust-woodland-to-supply-timber\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[289],"class_list":["post-18557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tree-root-and-branch","tag-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}