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Post Ash Dieback
on: October 29, 2012, 13:44
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Hi,

Can anyone provide an update on what to look out for in respect of this ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea) disease.

How will we be able to spot this disease over the winter period when there are no leaves on the trees ?

If trees have to be felled what bio security measures are to be put in place to prevent import / export of this disease by tree surgeons / fellers as they move from woodland to woodland.

What is to happen to felled trees - are these to be left on the ground or can they be cut up for firewood and if yes will transportation of firewood encourage the spread of the disease ?

How is this disease affected by weather (dry / damp / cold / etc.).

So many questions.

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Post Re: Ash Dieback
on: November 19, 2012, 08:42
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Hi OWG Woodland owners & managers,

I was recently forwarded a couple of documents that should prove to be of assistance to woodland owners and managers that provide strategic advice and guidance on how to deal with ash dieback.

Check out :-

Ash Dieback Strategy

and

International Ash Dieback Conference

Please advise any comments or pose further questions

Ken Hume - Executive Trustee - Oxfordshire Woodland Group

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Post Re: Ash Dieback
on: July 2, 2014, 09:01
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By summer 2014 there is as yet no signs of Chalara Fraxinae in the Chilterns.

Whilst enjoying a late afternoon cup of tea in the woodland I happened to gaze skyward and was treated to the sight of the delicate ash leaf canopy above which was both alight and silloueted by the afternoon summer sun.

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I wonder how many more summers that I will be able to enjoy this sight ?

Ken Hume

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Post Re: Ash Dieback
on: July 15, 2014, 15:43
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Dr Terry Mabbett provided an insight into the effects of ash die back at The Chilterns Woodland Conference held at Russells Water on the 01st July 2014 and I am providing OWG subscribers with a link to Terry's article that first appeared in The July 2013 issue of The Forestry
Journal.

Ken Hume OWG

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Post Re: Ash Dieback
on: August 18, 2015, 11:27
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The bad news is that Chalara Fraxinae was confirmed as having reached South Oxfordshire (Wallingford / Woodcote / Theale) in 2015.

You can check the current spread of this disease on the Forestry Commission / DEFRA website map.

A fuller explanation about what to do if affected by Chalara has now been prepared and published by The Forestry Commission.

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