Dig out your spades, time to be a tree angel again! Forestry minister Lord Goldsmith urges Mail readers to plant for posterity ahead of National Tree Week Now in its 45th year, the Be A Tree Angel kicks off winter tree-planting season Lord Goldsmith said they hoped that 2020’s event would be ‘bigger than ever’ About … Read more
Meet ‘Shrek 2’: New Zealand shearer discovers enormous sheep living on a forestry block near his station An enormous sheep was discovered by a farmer on New Zealand’s North Island Rob Faulkner found Shrek 2 living in a forestry block next to his station He said Shrek 2 had gone ‘feral’ and avoided being shorn … Read more
Forestry chief calls for the culling of rabbits, hares and other animals to protect Britain’s trees and encourages people to see ‘tree rat’ grey squirrels as vermin Sir William Worsley, 63, said culling will help accelerate the rate of tree planting Chair of Forestry Commission called for grey squirrels to be renamed ‘tree rats’ … Read more