6. Forestry

Keeping the Quantock Hills special

Timber is a source of income for foresters

Forests are also wonderful places to

explore

Have you been in a wood? What did you

like about it?

Trees are beautiful ...

Who might find this dangerous?

Does this plantation look nice?

But spot the problem ...

And why might both of these be dangerous for forestry??

When you have talked about this, click onto the next slide ...

Be a photo-detective …

Walkers, bikers or horseriders might find forestry operations noisy and dangerous

Some older plantations were arranged in straight lines – not very scenic

But spot the problem ...

Sheep very much like to eat young saplings ... Not very helpful if you are trying to grow a forest

What can happen …

People who smoke – or anyone with matches – are a real danger to forests. Dry wood catches fire so fast.

Add some comments to your “user groups spider diagram”, to show how forestry can make problems for other user groups, and other user groups can make problems for

forestry

So how can we make this better?And keep the Quantocks special?

What do you think?Can you think of some

solutions?

When you’re ready, click onto the next slide to see what the Quantock Hills Rangers have done so far

Trees are planted in a plastic casing to keep sheep off the saplings Foresters are

careful to put up signs to tell people where they are working

So how can we make this better?And keep the Quantocks special?

Nowadays forests are planted to look more natural, without straight planting lines