Dead Wood Society

The Dead Wood Society will achieve an important step towards the overall Severn Treescapes vision to create a resilient and connected 60-mile corridor between the Lower Wye and Wyre for trees, woodland, and their associated species. 

This project will improve our evidence base, which will help to build sustainable change across the landscape for key threatened species, heritage skills, heritage events associated with ancient and veteran trees, traditional orchards, and parklands, for which the three counties are a key location. 

We will be better able to create a long-term plan, potentially hundreds of years, for connectivity and continuity of habitat for threatened species of wood-rot habitats, such as...

Support for landowners and communities

The project is also supporting local landholders and local communities to realise the benefits, both natural and economic, that these trees provide. We're offering support and advice to landowners who wish to plant more trees on their land.

Orchards are particularly special as the fruit trees tend to age quicker than broadleaf species such as oak. We also offer orchard workshops to help landowners best manage their orchard to enable the habitats to continue to thrive and grow. 

Join the team as a volunteer

An especially exciting part of the project will be gathering evidence of orchards and ancient trees within the area, leading to the development of a group of trained volunteers specializing in invertebrates. If you have any experience in this area or would like to find out more about the upcoming opportunities please keep and eye on our social media pages, or contact us: SevernTreescapes@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

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