Managing Woods for Woodfuel - post Chalara
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Presentation given at the CLA's Woodfuel Conference at Doddington Hall on Wednesday 30 October by Mike Seville, CLA Forestry and Woodlands Adviser.
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Managing Woods for Woodfuel - post Chalara
- 1. Managing Woods for Woodfuel – post Chalara Mike Seville Forestry and Woodlands Adviser Country Land and Business Association
- 2. Using wood for heating has become increasingly popular
- 3. By the end of January, since the launch of the RHI 560 boilers, with a total capacity of 123 megawatts have been installed in England boilers Number of biomass boilers supported by RHI in England and Britain 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 31-Jul- 31-Aug- 30-Sep- 31-Oct- 30- 31-Dec12 12 12 12 Nov-12 12 Many on rural estates; and many more are planned. England Britain
- 4. However we also now have Chalara
- 5. Woodfuel can provide a valuable market for your timber
- 6. An opportunity to manage your woodland and improve it’s profitability
- 7. And create woods that are both beautiful and valuable
- 8. What Have You Got? Subcompartment Name Area Planting Year Species Species details Comments 1a Fir Plantation 4.00 1900 MB Oak, Ash 1b Fir Plantation 3.00 1979 MB/MC Oak,Ash SP,EL EL poor 2 Harpley Belt 3.60 1945 MB Oak, SC Good quality Oak 3a Bunkers Hill 8.10 1956 MC/MB SP, Be SP80% Be 20% 3b Bunkers Hill 2.10 1960 MB Be, Ash
- 9. What can your woods produce? • Scots pine YC 10 will produce approximately 6 tonnes per hectare per year. • Ash, sycamore or birch YC 8 will produce approximately 5 tonnes per hectare per year. • Generally you would thin your woods every five years.
- 16. What Are Your Objectives? • • • • • Providing woodfuel for own use Growing quality timber for profit Shooting Some where nice to walk Wildlife habitat
- 17. Can you supply your needs? • If you can, great! • If you can’t then you can buy in round wood. • If you have too much then you can sell some. • Sometimes it may make sense to come to an arrangement with your neighbours to even out supply.
- 18. Planning • Prepare a Management Plan • Are there any designations? • Carry out a European Protected Species Survey • Get a felling licence. • Enter an England Woodland Grant Scheme. • Take good advice.
- 19. Thinning • Marking the thinning is the most important job in woodland management. • The man (or woman) who marks the tree makes the wood. • The worst comes first the best remains. • Never let the buyer or the harvesting contractor mark the wood. • Don’t be afraid of big machines.
- 20. Harvester working in young mixed woodland
- 21. Costings • Costs will vary • Harvesting to roadside should cost between £18 per tonne for a harvester and • £28 per tonne for motor manual. • You will have to pay extra to get the timber to the drying and chipping site.
- 22. Logistics • Handle the timber as infrequently as possible. • Every time you move it, it costs you money. • Cut the right size for the chipper. • Stack it tidily on hard airy site. • Keep it clean. • Be professional; you are producing a high quality fuel.
- 23. Stack it tidily on a hard airy site
- 24. Chalara – What does it mean for future woodland management ?
- 25. • • • • • • • • Better deer management More diversity of: Species Structure Age class No more coppicing of ash No more Ash? More forward planning