Article: Woodland - Past

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robin wood

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Oct 29, 2007
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A somewhat sentimentalised and romanticised summary of the history. For folks that want a scholarly book on the subject read Rackhams "Trees and woodland in the English Landscape" or his "History of the Countryside"

As for the foresters of the 1960 being evil demons poisoning and replanting while todays foresters are all goodness and light I am afraid very few think for themselves and I am not sure that the standard good practice of today is so much more perfect than the standard good practice of 50 years ago.
 
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Pete11

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Jul 12, 2013
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Good read but a correction needed ! The reference to the Highlands, Caledonian Forest was there after the Ice Age, covering vast areas of the Highlands. Remnants of this temperate rain forest still exist today !
 

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