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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If only all Presidents were like Andrew Sowerby FICFor… #president #chartered #forester How do foresters become better storytellers? | Forester Asks Questions youtu.be/4UbANBxX7sg

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How do foresters become better storytellers? | Forester Asks Questions

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Institute of Chartered Foresters @theicf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Bookings are now open for our Wales Member Network Centenary Conference: Forestry at 100 – A Century of Growth, A Future of Possibility. 🗓️ 6 Nov 📍Bangor University View the programme and secure a ticket - places are limited ⬇️ charteredforesters.org/event/wales-...

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Paul Brannen @paulbrannenne.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Good to see this new campaign that champions British-grown C16 timber. Too often people are unnecessarily choosing to buy C24 which is almost certainly will have been imported. www.forestryjournal.co.uk/news/2551362...

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New campaign aims to champion British-grown C16 timber

Traditionally, assumptions have been that imported C24 timber is always the stronger or more suitable choice.

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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Estate #woodlands are full of challenges. Traditional #landuse with contemporary demands. @theicf.bsky.social Chartered Foresters are well equipped to deal with these challenges. @lwhemmings.bsky.social How do foresters manage estate woodlands? | Forester Asks Questions youtu.be/w5tHag2r67Y

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Always an important day in the UK forestry calendar. Strongly recommend downloading or getting a paper copy - then you’ll be much better informed than the majority of people who debate U.K. forestry policy.

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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I think the article understates the value of the #timber, but I hope the value to the rural economy and North England GVA comes across. It’s all part of sustainable forest management. Timber worth £5m stuck in roadless remote forest www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Timber stuck rotting in remote Northumberland forest

Uswayford is only accessible via forest tracks and a public road, but has £5m of timber waiting.

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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Ever wondered what it means to be a Chartered Forester? Give this a watch 👇 @theicf.bsky.social has been a constant throughout my career. It has given me a fantastic network of forestry connections, some who I class as close friends. What is a Chartered Forester? youtu.be/kk5wzFF7eGE

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Institute of Chartered Foresters @theicf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

ICF staff away day highlights 👇 The team met in Carlisle for a member strategy workshop and escape room, plus a special visit to a James Jones & Sons' woodland and tour of their Lockerbie sawmill. Thanks to Tom Coates MICFor, Neil Cowan MICFor & Tommy Milburn for hosting us.

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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Excellent interview with @paulbrannenne.bsky.social for ‘Forester Asks Questions’ about #timber, #climatechange and productive #forests. How can timber help tackle climate change? | Forester Asks Questions youtu.be/IfG6VkPrwTg

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How can timber help tackle climate change? | Forester Asks Questions

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Luke Hemmings, MICFor @lwhemmings.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Site visit with @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social , James Jones & Sons for a client of mine last week.

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Woodknowledge Wales @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Forestry & Timber News spotlights research on overreliance on imported wood Major new study published in Confor’s June/July issue of Nature Communications — led by researchers at Bangor Uni and Uni Galway and in collaboration with Woodknowledge Wales: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Looks like plantations on both sides of the track - Beech and possibly Western Hemlock. If the conifers were thinned and the "hairy" trees brashed along the trackside, there would probably be bluebells there too.

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If we want more lower carbon homes built this way, then we need more well managed forests to grow the timber & fibre. 🌲

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Tom Coates @tcoatesmicfor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Not the best application for quality #homegrown C16 graded #spruce, but commendable to the café for sticking by its #values and sourcing locally! More UK #timber in the #built #environment please!

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Paul Brannen @paulbrannenne.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Recently the Forestry Commission asked me to write a blog as part of their Trees to Timber campaign. I was happy to do so and it has now been posted and can be read here: forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/20/t...

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