For the guts of a week in Kerry in April 2021, Killarney National Park was on fire. Some 2,500-3,000 acres were ravaged. And yet outside the county, somehow, this was not being spoken about as the ...
The Sitka Spruce is the "Friesian cow of trees", a senior Coillte executive has told a planning conference in Co Leitrim, where there is widespread concern about the increasing number of private Sitka ...
A B.C.-based forest advocacy group has recently found an ancient grove, home to one of the biggest Sitka spruce trees in the country, on Vancouver Island. A member of the Ancient Forest Alliance ...
Research is underway into a new technique which will both increase resilience and improve the quality of Ireland’s sprawling Sitka Spruce forests, which make up over half of this country’s woodland ...
The promoters say Sitka spruce helps Ireland produce its own timber for housing, fencing, packaging, energy and other daily ...
The chosen site runs either side of the John Buchan Way, a 13-mile walk named after the author of the 39 Steps. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access ...
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A forest advocacy group says it has discovered an unprotected old-growth forest that is home to a near-record sized Sitka spruce tree on Vancouver Island. The Ancient Forest Alliance says the ...
Forestry owners have been put on high alert after the world's first case of Sudden Oak Death in Sitka spruce was confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture on Friday. Sitka spruce accounts ...