This course will provide a basic introduction to the principles of continuous cover forestry (CCF) and of the application of those principles, from first thinning to selective felling and to structural development. After lunch, attendees will visit Bryn Arau Duon to illustrate the points covered that morning.

 Bryn Arau Duon is a 680ha commercial plantation that has been under transformation to CCF for 23 years. It provides a unique demonstration of the transformation process in upland spruce in Wales. Two forest inventories using the Irregular Silviculture Network (ISN) inventory protocols have been completed enabling the identification of Stand Development Types and the development of a CCF Transformation Index as part of a UAV study in monitoring continuous cover forests.

Agenda

09:30   Registration and refreshments at National Trust Dolaucothi Visitor Center.

10:00    Indoor presentations

• Introduction to the principles of CCF

• Application of CCF principles

• Thinning patterns and selection criteria

• Selective felling

• Structural development of stands

• Transformation and stand development types

• CCF equilibrium

12:00    Lunch

12:45    Drive to Coed Bryn Arau Duon

13:00    Forest visit

• Visit to Bryn Arau Duon

• Illustration of different stages of transformation

• Constraints to transformation

• Monitoring and regulating yield

16:00    Return to Pumpsaint

16:15     Close

Instructor

Phil Morgan FICFor

Specialist and leading practitioner of CCF, Phil is a forester and forestry consultant. He has been the president of Pro Silva and chairman of CCFG. He is now Vice President of the Association Futaie Irrégulière (AFI) and Chairman of the Irregular Silviculture Network (ISN). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and works in Wales and overseas. He is Director of Sustainable Forest Management and SelectFor – Experts in Continuous Cover Forestry.

Jonny Hulson

Jonny is a forester and ecologist with over ten years’ experience working on landscape scale conservation schemes at the Wildlife Trust, the Woodland Trust and communications at the IUCN Global Species Programme in Switzerland. He’s the Pro Silva representative on the Continuous Cover Forestry Group and provides GIS, UAV and forest mensuration assistance at Sustainable Forest Management.

Who should attend?

• Open to all working in the Forestry and Woodland and conservation management sector.

Cost (booking fee)

£110.00 per person

Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking.

Point of contact

If you have any issues booking this event please contact - info@focusonforestryfirst.co.uk

Other Information

Refreshments will be provided, but please bring your own packed lunch.

Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for the weather and terrain. We will be walking through woodland and meadow.