The FCWT are very grateful to the Forres Group of Mens Shed for manufacturing notice boards for the car parks at Muiry and Newforres Woods. These notice boards blend in beautifully with their surroundings and enable the FCWT to provide information and advice for those parking before walking in the woods.
FCWT TRUSTEES OVERCOME COVID RESTRICTIONS
The FCWT Trustees have continued to operate despite the restrictions imposed by the Government to limit the spread of Covid 19. The monthly Trustees Meetings resumed online in August by Zoom with Minutes posted in The Office section of the website as normal. The AGM will be held on Thursday 27th November at 1930 via […]
Andersons Primary pupils lend a hand
A class of 27 Anderson’s Primary 6 children teamed up with Forres Community Woodland Trust volunteers to give them a hand – or rather 54 hands – with their conservation work in Sanquhar Wood. The youngsters spent an afternoon pulling up Western Hemlock saplings, which are an invasive foreign species, and planting native oak. They […]
CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY FUND
CHOOSE THE FORRES COMMUNITY WOODLANDS TRUST The FCWT has been selected as one of the 3 organisations in the Forres area to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund over the coming year. The Fund’s aim is to improve local communities and the FCWT will use the funding to improve paths within the woodlands thereby […]
Chris Piper RIP – Former Chairman of FCWT Dies
The Trustees of the Forres Community Woodlands Trust have been saddened to learn of the untimely death, following a prolonged illness, of the former Chairman of the Trust, Chris Piper. Chris was one of the initial Trustees and served as Chairman from early 2002 to 2008 which was a period of very significant development for […]
VERY ENJOYABLE WINTER TREE IDENTIFICATION EVENT
A group of 10 FCWT members recently spent a very enjoyable afternoon learning how to identify trees in the winter. Local naturalist and nature awareness instructor Dan Puplett showed the participants the unique characteristics of the variety of trees in Sanquhar Woodlands highlighting easily remembered signs. These ranged from the black buds of Ash trees […]
WINTER TREE IDENTIFICATION EVENT – 25 JANUARY 2019
Explore the amazing world of trees! Learn winter trees and discover the fascinating role trees play in the lives of humans and wildlife. Dan Puplett, the well known local naturalist, outdoor educator and Trustee of the Forres Community Woodlands Trust will be leading a workshop in Sanquhar Woodlands at which you will learn how to […]
GIVE A GREAT GIFT THIS XMAS
A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT BENEFITS ALL GIVE A YEAR’S MEMBERSHIP of Forres Community Woodlands Trust to someone who enjoys our beautiful woodlands. Your gift will help our volunteers to maintain and enhance the woods. All you need to do is to complete a membership form in the name of the recipient, including their email address […]
Annual General Meeting – 2019
The FCWT 2019 Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 27th November at 7.30pm in the Courtroom of Forres Tolbooth. Please come along. All are welcome but only fully paid up Members may vote at the AGM. Membership is due for renewal on 1st November 2019 Membership forms will be distributed to current Members together […]
June Work Party protects young saplings
The work party at the beginning of June spent the morning putting new supports and guards on young saplings. The original ones had been removed by vandals. At this young stage it is essential that saplings are protected from the voracious appetite of deer. They were too late for some of the trees as the […]
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