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Formby residents become lumberjacks for the day

06 November 2015

The creation of a Wood Allotment on the Sefton Coast took a step closer this month. A baker's dozen of Formby residents became lumberjacks for the afternoon learning how to fell safely trees with hand tools. Everyone left happy having learned a new skill and with armfuls of firewood for their wood burning stoves.

 

Wood allotments enable people to cut trees for firewood in a local woodland in need of thinning with the agreement of the landowner. In return, the felling helps to maintain the woodland for amenity and wildlife.

 

Each year the management of the wood is rotated, giving trees in some places the chance to grow and others the chance to be thinned out. Areas of woodland are broken into plots and the land owners or rangers mark the trees to be thinned.

 

The project is being organised through the Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership scheme, funded by Heritage Lottery and The Mersey Forest.

 

Paul Nolan, Director said: "We are really excited that the first wood allotments in the country started in The Mersey Forest and we now have this new opportunity in Formby. The woodlands are enjoyed by many residents, and this is a great way for them to help improve the quality of the woodland for wildlife and other visitors to enjoy."

 

The Wood Allotments website  contains all the information needed to take part. There is a map showing specific areas of the forest requiring allotmenteers. If you don't live near one of the areas marked on the map, there is also an option to add a pin on the map where you are interested in running your own wood allotment.





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