Waterford Forest Owners Group visit Ballyvoile farm
Exports of conifer logs from the pest-free area of Scotland into Ireland have ceased on a precautionary basis.
Waterford Forest Owners Group recently held a visit to the Fennell family’s forest at Ballyvoile.
Visits such as this, organised by forest owners, help with advice and guidance, where foresters learn from other’s mistakes, learn different management practices and help the forest owner to get full economic value from their forest.
The general view on this 31-year conifer forest was to go for clear fell, while on the Ash forest site the view was to get a hurley maker on site to mark suitable trees, clear fell and start again.
Ash forest owners, who have not yet applied for a reconstitution scheme, are encouraged to do so, as only on completion of site clearance and replanting will they become eligible to apply for the Climate Action Performance Payment (CAPP).
The next forest visit takes place on Thursday, September 19, meeting in Grange Church carpark, at 6.30pm, as the nights are getting darker.
Visit the grant-aided roadway and turn table, learn the costs, and also visit the site to store pulp wood before chipping, and more.
Meanwhile, it is important to note that exports of conifer logs from the pest-free area of Scotland into Ireland have ceased on a precautionary basis, following the finding of larch bark beetles at a port in Cork.
A Climate Action Performance Payment (CAPP), totalling €5,000 per hectare, will be paid in three instalments to grant-aided ash forest owners who clear their sites and replant through one of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Ash Dieback Reconstitution Schemes.
This is in addition to the grants paid for clearance and replanting.
If you planted an ash forest with a grant from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and have not yet joined a reconstitution scheme, you may now join the ‘Reconstitution for Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027’.
If you previously joined one of the following DAFM Schemes, you are eligible for the CAP payment, provided you have replanted under:
- Reconstitution Scheme Ash Dieback 2013
- Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback) 2020
- Interim Reconstitution Scheme for Ash Dieback 2023
- Reconstitution for Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027
