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5 September 2008…………...For Immediate Release
TLC
FOR TREES
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2008 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
invites you to join in with one of our weekend work parties on various
nature reserves around the county, or with a
Woodland
Management Session at Crackley Wood.
On
Saturday 20 September at 10.00 :
Join volunteer warden Steve Godfrey for a
practical work party helping to manage the River
Arrow Local Nature Reserve in Alcester.
Please meet in the car park on
Ragley Mill Lane
(SP 088 580)
On Sunday 21 September at 9.30 am
:
Join the
volunteer team at Brandon Marsh
Site of Special Scientific
Interest, near
Coventry
and assist in the management of this wetland nature reserve. Please meet
at the car park at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, off
Brandon Lane
at grid reference SP386761>
Join
volunteer warden Dave Solliss at
Hampton
Wood, Barford to work in this beautiful ancient woodland and its
associated water meadows alongside the River Avon. Meet at the entrance
[grid reference SP254600] on the Sherbourne to Hampton Lucy road.
On Sunday 21 September at 10.00 am
: Join
volunteer warden Ron Hill for a woodland work party at Clowes
Wood and New Fallings Coppice Site
of Special Scientific Interest. Please meet at the woodland entrance
off
Wood Lane
, Earlswood at grid reference
SP101743.
Join
Voluntary Warden Val Kendrick at Rough
Hill Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest, Studley to assist in
the management of this wonderful old woodland. Please meet at the car park
off The Slough (the A448) at grid reference SP052637.
Join
volunteer warden Mike Slater at Ryton
Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ryton-on-Dunsmore
for a work party in the largest wood in Warwickshire.
Contact
Mike to confirm meeting place. [01788 335881].
Join volunteer warden John Clarke to assist in
the management of
Temple
Balsall
, Balsall Common, a reserve which is mainly swamp, willow carr
and damp woodland which hosts a wide variety of species of flora and
fauna. Meet near the entrance to Springfield House, off the
Kenilworth
to
Knowle Road
[B4101]. GR SP203760.
These
events are free and full training will be given.
On
Sunday 21 September at 10.00 am
INTRODUCTORY
WOODLAND
MANAGEMENT SESSION
Join
volunteer warden Jon Holmes for this introductory conservation event on
the traditional art of practical woodland management session at
Crackley Wood Local Nature Reserve,
Kenilworth
. Please meet at the entrance to the wood off
Crackley Lane
at grid reference SP289738
THIS
EVENT IS FREE BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
For each event, all you need to bring is appropriate weatherproof clothing
and strong footwear.
Caroline
Bailey, Reserves Biodiversity Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says,
“Now
that we are all becoming more concerned about just how much carbon dioxide
is billowing into the atmosphere as a result of our love affair with using
fossil fuels, the vital role of trees as carbon dioxide users is being
acknowledged. But simply planting hundreds of trees is not the end of our
responsibility – it’s just the beginning. Trees require as much care
and attention as the most delicate of hothouse plants, and if you would
like to find out how to nurture our trees, then come along to our
introductory woodland management session in Crackley Wood. In the lifespan
of a tree, your contribution may not be immediately obvious, but it will
be of immense value in the years to come”.
For
further information, please contact Caroline Bailey on 024 7630 8993.
ENDS
Press
contact:
Caroline Bailey on 024 7630 8993
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