Trustee Derek Tippetts demonstrates how charcoal is made as a by-product of the ancient practice of coppicing.
Pondhead Conservation Trust manages Pondhead Enclosure in Lyndhurst under licence from Forestry England. Run entirely by volunteers, the Trust restores the hazel coppice and ancient track network to improve biodiversity and enhance people’s enjoyment of the woodland, which is the size of 125 football pitches.
The volunteers received a £4,500 grant from Defra's Farming in Protected Landscapes fund administered by the New Forest National Park Authority to fund the new burner.
To find out more about the New Forest National Park visit the NFNPA's website: www.newforestn...
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