Andy Howard

@Northpowergrid Can you give an anticipated timeframe for DL11 7 postcode please? Are we talking Sunday or Monday?

Good Evening, Chris and Michael here from #TeamPowergrid with you here till 07:00 am. If you have any #power related questions ask away, we are happy to help. northernpowergrid.com/power-cut

@WildLakeland @joshual951 Certainly is, as you’ll find in your detailed assessment of the Environmental Statement that I’m sure you’ll be undertaking to ensure you’re fully informed of the facts.

@AndyHoward1 @joshual951 is there a plan now those habitats are in good condition and are potentially at risk of disappearing under trees from what appears to be quite dense planting from the photos?

Even more nature destruction - the majority of this land area in Northumberland is Upland Heathland, a Habitat of Principal Importance in England. The proposal? To convert the majority of the area into plantation, including 41% to go to a Sitka Spruce monoculture.

@WildLakeland @joshual951 I’m delighted that you’ve acknowledged our success in such a short time of restoring the habitats from the degraded state they were in. The plan for delivering that was in the Environmental Statement I’m sure you’ve taken the time to digest.

@joshual951 @AndyHoward1 Someone must have justified it though, doesnt sound as though it could possibly have been missed as priority habitat? 🤔

@joshual951 @lastronge @JoP24048538 I look forward to you actually having read the ecological data that was taken, including by Natural England, and seeing that no priority habitat at Doddington was destroyed by the project. In fact it’s been expanded.

@AndyHoward1 @lastronge @JoP24048538 Destruction of priority habitat at Berrier is bad but destruction of priority habitat at Doddington is okay?

@lastronge @JoP24048538 @joshual951 You’re confusing Berrier End, which was a disgrace and shame on those responsible, with Doddington, which completed extensive EIA process and scrutiny by Natural England.

@JoP24048538 @joshual951 That's what happened in this case - it's long but basically applicant self-declared land as degraded agricultural (!) markavery.info/2020/11/06/gue…

@joshual951 We preferred to use expert independent ecologists including Natural England’s team than a “genius”. Look forward to you being informed of what the site actually was & how the diverse mosaic of habitats was decided upon & is now progressing. Feel free to actually visit in person.

@AndyHoward1 Have seen aerial + street views and numerous site photos of extensive trees in Molinia mire and upland heath at the site. It doesn’t take a genius to ground-truth Magic data, although I’ve also put in requests to view ecology info for what it’s worth.

@andyheald @blackgull @forestsandwood @michaelgove @annietrev @UKParliament @ForestryComm @StuGood3 @eleanormharris @DefraGovUK @EnglandConfor @CommonsEFRA @ZacGoldsmith And having tried to do similar again ever since the reasons why it’s not been possible are varied and dynamic. The most recent issues being quite a surreal change in the dynamic of power!

@blackgull @forestsandwood @michaelgove @annietrev @UKParliament @ForestryComm @AndyHoward1 @StuGood3 @eleanormharris @DefraGovUK @EnglandConfor I hope the @CommonsEFRA will ask @ZacGoldsmith tomorrow, why Doddington remains such a rare example of a new large(ish) timber producing planting scheme in England ?

Good to see @michaelgove response to @annietrev @UKParliament question on large planting scheme at Doddington: "We will be working with landowners, the @ForestryComm and others to ensure that there is more #forest cover in the years ahead." bit.ly/2DD6Yne

@PaulBrannenNE @Elizabe08848147 @annietrev The fantastic range of tree establishment, habitat recovery, biodiversity improvements and expanded public use of the area to continue developing and transforming the property.

@Elizabe08848147 @annietrev @AndyHoward1 best placed to answer your question.

It will be fascinating to see how the forest at Doddington in Northumberland grows. Initial planting three years ago by Wooler school children, local MP @annietrev & me. First major piece of commercial forestry in England for 10 years & nothing since. bit.ly/3FhGJ5d

Come work with us! I am looking for a new postdoc (3yrs) to work on terrestrial lidar and carbon in temperate forests. Based in beautiful Ghent, great fieldwork locations & collaboration with our partners of Climate Solutions Exchange and UOxford. More on bit.ly/2VLoLqr

@PaulBrannenNE @ZacGoldsmith @annietrev @williamrworsley Watch this space though. I’m excited for what we have on the horizon. Change is a coming.

Staggering John but true alas, as Andy Howard can vouch for “The presumption seems to be that trees are somehow a last-resort land use, despite all the benefits”. confor.org.uk/media/246519/t… @AndyHoward1 @ZacGoldsmith @annietrev @williamrworsley

Foresters’ user experience platform development day today, courtesy of Forest Canopy Foundation and @nicholsonsgb

@lwhemmings @alicebloggltd Yes.

"The first time we've used Alder, wow it's stunning. A wood rarely used. It's got ripples, pippy and pinkish what's not to like about it?" High praise from @alicebloggltd - should we be growing more alder with the intention to mill?

@benjaminjmiller You’re not kidding, Mike’s been on site two days and Ian’s already put engineering mods on two of his pieces of kit to improve productivity!!

First tree of the season in the ground, and not a bad end of day view to make progress on beat up survey.

Surprising: according to Friends of the Earth, some major national parks even have lower woodland cover than major cities, for example, woodland cover in the Yorkshire Dales is just 4.1% compared to London at 4.5%. environmentjournal.online/articles/citie… @NEE_CCo @NENaturePShip @IanDuncanHMG

@SScienta Whereabouts do you operate and how can I contact you?

No launch pad, no problem! Restock site inspections are difficult to walk but easy to fly. Pre-flight checks on a Sitka spruce stump make for easy forestry content creation 😜🦅🌲 #forestry #lumber #timber #logging #harvesting #forest #scotland #inspection #trees #tree #nature

@adamvaughan_uk Bigger concern is concept that a prescribed process is in some way ‘protecting’ it! We have an incredible opportunity to properly protect land by allowing land managers to act sustainably rather than to multi year subsidy prescriptions.

@MichaelRamage20 @lwhemmings Concerns about potential winter weather also played a part. 3 years ago the site would’ve been inaccessible for 6 weeks in the beast from the east. Didn’t want to risk consequences of a repeat!

@lwhemmings We certainly busy early doors and I think FLS are going for an early start on their restocks but dictated by when the nurseries are prepared to lift. The cells have the advantage of getting going earlier and do better when still warmth in the soil 👍

If we can keep this weather planting this site will a pleasure

Fantastic photos and a cracking job being done on site. Amazed how much more you’ve done since Thursday afternoon @benjaminjmiller