Vegetation Management Policy

[wandering snail]

13 hours ago, tree monkey said:

Interesting photo.

The embankment looks managed in some way either grazed or mowed but what's even more interesting is the trees appear to be pollarded 

They were legislated to be kept to 6ft tall in the 19th century. . 

[tree monkey]

1 minute ago, wandering snail said:

They were legislated to be kept to 6ft tall in the 19th century. . 

 

Fascinating, any chance of a link or something to back that up, 

[wandering snail]

Just now, tree monkey said:

 

Fascinating, any chance of a link or something to back that up, 

I was going to add that link but now can't find it!! I'm having a clear out of 'files' so will post if I do.

[tree monkey]

Just now, wandering snail said:

I was going to add that link but now can't find it!! I'm having a clear out of 'files' so will post if I do.

Thank you

[ditchcrawler]

11 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:

A close look at the embankment now shows very large number of burrows and holes . I suspect it’s badger or rabbits which can’t be helpful for embankment stability. Perhaps they don’t go deep enough but I fear they do. 
 

Any action against animals is likely to be greeted with more uproar than tree pruning though. 

I thought this very true south of the slippage, its riddled with holes.

 

In my youth the roads crossing marshland were lined with willows which were routinely pollarded, a section done every winter by farm workers on a casual employment basis. It was said that their roots spread under the road supporting it all.

[LadyG]

I reciev3d an I surance notice last night telling me my insurance runs out in six hours, what that dies is make me think about changing companies.

[TheBiscuits]

5 minutes ago, LadyG said:

I reciev3d an I surance notice last night telling me my insurance runs out in six hours, what that dies is make me think about changing companies.

 

Didn't they send you one 30 days ago as well?  They usually do.

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Didn't they send you one 30 days ago as well?  They usually do.

Thats what I get telling me they well renew unless they hear from me 

[cuthound]

14 hours ago, phantom_iv said:

The obvious solution here is for CRT to affix notices to trees they want to be cut down that say something to the effect of “free firewood if you cut it down yourself” then walk away for a couple of weeks, by which time it will have miraculously disappeared. Any health and safety violations will be of course completely unobserved and thus assumed not to have happened.

 

It has happened in the canalside woods near me without the need for any notices.

 

[jonathanA]

6 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Didn't they send you one 30 days ago as well?  They usually do.

Yes but unfortunately they attached it to tree that someone chopped down for firewood...