The 2020 edition of Woodland Heritage’s annual Journal brings its catalogue to 25 editions dating back to its first in 1996.
This year’s copy, free to all Woodland Heritage members, includes the usual breadth of stories such as Forestry Journal looking back over its first quarter century, two quite different articles on Wild Service Tree, a celebration of the life of forestry academic, Dr Peter Savill, and the customary array of stories that look at how timber can be used: whether in Cornish gigs, stunning buildings, unique pieces of furniture, or as veneer; there’s even a first-hand report from Australia entitled A Fire Season like no other?
This latest selection of articles has been added to the hundreds published by the charity since 1996, all back copies of the Journal now being accessible to members on the Woodland Heritage website. This growing resource has potential to be of value to students and researchers, with many of the articles written by respected members of the forestry industry.
But for those looking for information on specific woods, on certain forestry topics, or articles written by particular authors, this expanding record needs indexing and for that Woodland Heritage is seeking help.
“Student membership of Woodland Heritage is at record levels currently, so now is the time to make this information resource as easy as possible to use, for the benefit of tomorrow’s foresters”, said Woodland Heritage’s Guy Corbett-Marshall. “We would love to hear from anyone who would like to help index our articles, helping future users to access easily topics like Acute Oak Decline, which will reveal how the battle to learn more about and then manage this major threat to our oaks has evolved over the last decade and more”.
If you would like to know more about supporting the Journal archive project, contact mywoodlandheritage@gmail.com. If you would like to join Woodland Heritage, find out more here