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  • The key qualities of a high-performing battery

    In the world of professional battery-powered landscaping and forestry tools, a high-quality battery is essential for efficiency, reliability, and performance. Here, Paul Hicks, Marketing & Product Manager at STIHL GB, highlights the key features of

  • Sycamore Gap trunk-rings art goes on display

    A collection of five prints created from the trunk of the Sycamore Gap tree have gone on public display. The 200-year-old tree, which towered 50ft above Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was illegally felled last September. Printmaker Shona

  • First beaver born in Northumberland for 400 years

    A BEAVER has been born in Northumberland for the first time since the 1600s, the National Trust has revealed. The kit's arrival is less than 12 months after the conservation charity released four beavers into an enclosure on the Wallington Estate

  • Forestry officials 'buzzing' with new beekeeping project

    STAFF at one of the UK's largest forestry companies have been feeling the buzz after investing in a beekeeping project.  Euroforest has purchased two national beehives and provided the colonies for a cooperative of beekeepers in Lincolnshire. 

  • Hiab launches mobile app for operators

    MANUFACTURER Hiab has launched a new mobile app 'to improve operator productivity and safety'.  MyHiab is said to provide features and content about Hiab equipment throughout its lifecycle. It establishes a communication channel between Hiab and

  • Lost Atlantic rainforest to be restored in South West Wales

    A piece of Celtic rainforest in the south-west of Wales is to be restored – thanks to a bumper £38 million donation.  The 59-hectare site in Pembrokeshire will be planted with species such as oak, small-leaf lime and wild service (Sorbus torminalis

  • New book out to educate children on benefits of Sitka spruce

    A NEW children's book is hoping to educate the next generation about sustainability and the role of British timber. ‘Sitka Spruce: The Amazing Timber Tree’ is the latest book by ‘Tales from Mother Earth’, an organisation that aims to educate and