New roadside fence for Angling Spring Wood
This is a very beautiful piece of woodland, owned by Chiltern District Council and managed as a community wood which you can find out more about by visiting www.anglingspringwood.org.uk.
There was a need for a new roadside fence and in the wood there was also a 24 year old larch plantation, which needed thinning. It made sense to put the two together.
The poorest trees were felled and then extracted by horse to a clearing ready to be milled. The new fence was erected shortly afterwards.
This is an example of management and utilisation of a small parcel of larch thinnings. There was not sufficient quantity of timber to interest conventional markets and tractor extraction would have caused damage to footpaths.
Photos John Morris, Chiltern Woodland Project. www.chilternsaonb.org
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