Environmentally Damaging Tree Felling in Chopwell Wood

A film showing the Environmentally damaging harvesting of timber in Chopwell Wood

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Chopwell
• Environment
• Conservation
• Forestry Commission
• Timber
• Wood
• Forests
• Arboriculture
• Forestry
• Pollution
• Habitat

[bulydawg]

looking at the footage provided-there seem's to be at least 2 lots of footage here-"hydraulic oil on the winter snow",just happens that this is the only part of the vid that has snow in it,filmed at a different time.the rest of the vid was filmed diferently,looking at the leaves on the tree's ,roading condition's etc.showing empty fluid drum's while they are still on site mean's nothing as they (drum's) may have been moved at a later date.not left as waste.stop stirring shit,you know nothing.

[hippywoodmouse]

I read your comments and while you are correct that the Wood is partly a plantation wood, and the trees were planted to be harvested, there are ways of doing this that does not damage the forest, the soil or the habitats. Also the footage was filmed over many months, as the Harvesting took about fifteen months. I think you incorrectly assume that I am against the other users of the woods, particularly the mountain bikers. As I know many of them and they help greatly with the work in the woods

[logmax7000]

Granted there still are "bad" practices in the timber industry but for the most part the harvesting crews are improving the timber stands and are VERY environmentally sensitive! Most crews would clean up a spill properly and would remove all trash from their jobsite prior to leaving it. If you have a problem with timber harvesting, I strongly suggest you start using PLASTIC toilet paper, write on PLASTIC paper, build a PLASTIC house. Let's all build plastic factories in our back yards! FAIL.

[MrStalch]

Well done my friend, it's about time this was publicised, instead of covered up.

The video, while a good effort, does not really convey how much damage has been caused and actually left behind by these people.

Very well done and good luck.

[bulydawg]

in a plantation forest,the area is there for the growing of the harvestable tree's,not the native variety or the animal's that call the place home-it's unfortunate that they grow/live there,but that's what happen's.if you've got environmental damage to the soil etc...you should show it after the harvesting has finished,not during as a good forester will leave the place as clean as they found it,minus the tree's of course.i actually thought you may have been one of the mountain biker's :)

[bulydawg]

so these tree's were planted to be harvested?

is this the same place as other youtube vid's showing a mountain bike course?

if yes to either question HWM,you have shown this misleading vid in anger as to what's happening in the recreational area.accept that these thing's happen in forestry and move on.oh and by the way-the dirt in front of the badger hole was fresh,proving that it is/was still occupied at the time of filming.

[treeocean9]

Nice steady footage! Here in the US we have an EPA which I would have called re: the spilled hydraulic fluid.

A bit long on the log stacking footage-I couldn't help but admire the operator's finesse moving those large logs. :P

Would have liked tohave seen some of those rutted tracks, crushed orchids, and cleared/cut areas.

Probably your heart ached with every log they stacked-happens here too, probably to worse extent.

Nice to hear your voice-not a bit squeaky as imagined. ;)