2. Trees are beautiful ... Timber is a source of income for foresters Forests are also wonderful places to explore Have you been in a wood? What did you like about it?
3. Who might find this dangerous? Does this plantation look nice? But spot the problem ... And why might both of these be dangerous for forestry?? When you have talked about this, click onto the next slide ... Be a photo-detective …
4. Walkers, bikers or horseriders might find forestry operations noisy and dangerous Some older plantations were arranged in straight lines – not very scenic But spot the problem ... Sheep very much like to eat young saplings ... Not very helpful if you are trying to grow a forest What can happen … People who smoke – or anyone with matches – are a real danger to forests. Dry wood catches fire so fast. Add some comments to your “user groups spider diagram”, to show how forestry can make problems for other user groups, and other user groups can make problems for forestry
5. So how can we make this better? And keep the Quantocks special? What do you think? Can you think of some solutions? When you’re ready, click onto the next slide to see what the Quantock Hills Rangers have done so far
6. Trees are planted in a plastic casing to keep sheep off the saplings Foresters are careful to put up signs to tell people where they are working So how can we make this better? And keep the Quantocks special? Nowadays forests are planted to look more natural, without straight planting lines
