Hi all

Just joined.

I have just purchased a small woodland in Scotland to co-incide with finishing work.

I have a general affinity with the outdoors and a desire to learn as much as possible in the coming months about woodland management and all the skills and knowledge required .

That is code for "an absolute beginner", so be gentle on me.

Hope to speak to you all in the coming weeks.

Kevin

Source: US Endowment website

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is seeking to deepen engagement in its work with conservation professionals and interested parties. To further that end, the Endowment has scheduled two webinar sessions specifically for that purpose. The dialogue with a diverse set of conservation thinkers from across the nation is intended to bubble up ideas for a potentia… Continue

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Any help that can give me a better insight on sharing information between land owners.
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