The Forestry Authority was a government research agency and a former branch of the non-ministerial government department the Forestry Commission of England and Scotland .
5-751: It was responsible for the administration and payment of grants for approved planting and restocking schemes throughout England and Scotland, for controlling functions such as felling , for forestry research and for providing advice to private woodland owners along with local authorities and countryside groups. The research of the Forestry Authority covered a wide range of topics, such as: administration; communications; entomology; environmental research; forest products; mensuration; overseas contracts; pathology; physiology; plant production; silviculture; site studies; statistics and computing; tree improvement; and wildlife and conservation. The Forestry Authority
10-423: Is made on the opposite side of the tree of the undercut and is cut through the base of the tree severing the “hinge” holding the tree up. The Tongue and Groove cut is a type of cut that uses the tree as its own guide for where it will fall. This is commonly used by loggers when they need precision in their drop It may be necessary to fell trees for a number of reasons. Trees are generally felled because: This
15-433: Is used to fell a tree, followed up by limbing and bucking in traditional applications. In the modern commercial logging industry, felling is typically followed by limbing and skidding . A feller-buncher is a motorized vehicle with an attachment which rapidly cuts and gathers several trees in the process of felling them. In cut-to-length logging a harvester performs the tasks of a feller-buncher, additionally doing
20-439: The delimbing and bucking. When harvesting wood from a felled tree, the recommended methods should be followed in order to maximize wood recovery. The suggested trend is to make deeper cuts and smaller openness when performing undercuts. The undercut or notch cut is the guiding or aiming slot for the tree and is a V-shaped notch placed on the side of the tree in the direction of intended fall. The back cut or felling cut
25-523: Was based at Great Eastern House, Cambridge , England. It merged into the Forestry Commission in the early 2000s. Felling Felling is the process of cutting down trees, an element of the task of logging . The person cutting the trees is a lumberjack . A feller buncher is a machine capable of felling a single large tree or grouping and felling several small ones simultaneously. In hand felling, an axe , saw , or chainsaw
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