At present around 40% of privately owned woodland in the New Forest is unmanaged. Through the Working Woodlands project the New Forest Land Advice Service aims to move these unmanaged woodlands back into sustainable management and improve the environmental, social and economic benefits delivered by woodlands.
Many of the small private woodlands in the Forest are not accessible to the big heavy machinery as they do not have pathways or large rides through the trees that would sustain the weight and width the equipment requires. A ride is a break or pathway in the Forest for access and conservation purposes. These heavy vehicles can damage the delicate infrastructure and biodiversity of the Forest floor which thrives in these small areas.
To overcome these constraints we have contracted a local horse logger Toby Hoad from Dorset Horse Logging to extract timber from a small wood in Pilley. The benefit of using horses is that they are very nimble, managing to weave in-between the trees only scarifying the woodland floor.
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