Kilmaha
@kilmaha.bsky.social
Forestry contractor. The good guys that plant trees 🌳 🌲 and a bunch of other great things for the planet.
I don't have to write this week's #positiveforestry, its been done for me.
Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes.
Good stuff.
Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes.
Good stuff.
Having finished our latest coppice harvesting contract today on the Cambs/Bedfordshire border, I thought I would put together a series of short videos to explain the work in more detail and explain why woodland management is so important.
Thread 🧵
#Positiveforestry
Thread 🧵
#Positiveforestry
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I don't have to write this week's #positiveforestry, its been done for me.
Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes.
Good stuff.
Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes.
Good stuff.
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"As I start to think about the planting season ahead – with some trepidation, I might add – I can’t help but cast my mind back to last winter."
FULL COLUMN: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
FULL COLUMN: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"As I start to think about the planting season ahead – with some trepidation, I might add – I can’t help but cast my mind back to last winter."
FULL COLUMN: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
FULL COLUMN: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
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In this episode of AJ Climate Champions podcast, Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives. Supported by Built By Nature
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Joe Giddings on the ‘mind-blowing’ growth of bio-based materials
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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So a few days ago there was a little set to over what we define as a forest. Apparently a conifer plantation isn't, its just a dead zone.
So just to show forestry is nuanced, not black and white, here's three photos of commercial plantations all within about 200yds of each other
So just to show forestry is nuanced, not black and white, here's three photos of commercial plantations all within about 200yds of each other
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So a few days ago there was a little set to over what we define as a forest. Apparently a conifer plantation isn't, its just a dead zone.
So just to show forestry is nuanced, not black and white, here's three photos of commercial plantations all within about 200yds of each other
So just to show forestry is nuanced, not black and white, here's three photos of commercial plantations all within about 200yds of each other
#positiveforestry back with a bang this week!
Other than just being a stunning autumnal photo, its shows how commercial forestry can be indistinguishable from other woodlands. Its only when you really look closely at the photo you can see what's going...
Other than just being a stunning autumnal photo, its shows how commercial forestry can be indistinguishable from other woodlands. Its only when you really look closely at the photo you can see what's going...
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#positiveforestry back with a bang this week!
Other than just being a stunning autumnal photo, its shows how commercial forestry can be indistinguishable from other woodlands. Its only when you really look closely at the photo you can see what's going...
Other than just being a stunning autumnal photo, its shows how commercial forestry can be indistinguishable from other woodlands. Its only when you really look closely at the photo you can see what's going...
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Agreed and the demand for “white” timber whenever possible.
The other big challenge in terms of diversification of both species & silviculture, is that the Govt (due to lobbying from the Agri sector) regulates where we can grow timber, and it is usually on poor soils and often upland areas.
The other big challenge in terms of diversification of both species & silviculture, is that the Govt (due to lobbying from the Agri sector) regulates where we can grow timber, and it is usually on poor soils and often upland areas.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Agreed and the demand for “white” timber whenever possible.
The other big challenge in terms of diversification of both species & silviculture, is that the Govt (due to lobbying from the Agri sector) regulates where we can grow timber, and it is usually on poor soils and often upland areas.
The other big challenge in terms of diversification of both species & silviculture, is that the Govt (due to lobbying from the Agri sector) regulates where we can grow timber, and it is usually on poor soils and often upland areas.
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The timber needed to build homes like this ⬇️ comes from conifer plantations 🌲🌲🌲
Domestic availability of this timber is set for long term decline.
Area of conifer forestry in Scotland has grown by only 0.5% in the last 25 yrs.
Global demand for forest products will increase >100% in next 25 yrs
Domestic availability of this timber is set for long term decline.
Area of conifer forestry in Scotland has grown by only 0.5% in the last 25 yrs.
Global demand for forest products will increase >100% in next 25 yrs
"Unlike most new builds that rely on concrete, imported materials and treated timber, Makar’s design avoids harmful chemicals and high-carbon components."
bylines.scot/environment/...
bylines.scot/environment/...
Would an independent Scotland be on the hook for U.K. trade deals?
What independence campaigns need to know about legacy trade deals to avoid fish hooks in foreign investment
bylines.scot
November 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The timber needed to build homes like this ⬇️ comes from conifer plantations 🌲🌲🌲
Domestic availability of this timber is set for long term decline.
Area of conifer forestry in Scotland has grown by only 0.5% in the last 25 yrs.
Global demand for forest products will increase >100% in next 25 yrs
Domestic availability of this timber is set for long term decline.
Area of conifer forestry in Scotland has grown by only 0.5% in the last 25 yrs.
Global demand for forest products will increase >100% in next 25 yrs
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In UK (usually) timber harvesting companies buy standing timber from forest owners, then engage harvesting contractors and hauliers, and sell to sawmills.
People get paid when the timber gets to the mill and is weighed.
If timber is harvested & sat at roadside, then people haven’t been paid.
People get paid when the timber gets to the mill and is weighed.
If timber is harvested & sat at roadside, then people haven’t been paid.
Senior figure believes more can be done to ‘ensure rapid timber uplift’
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In UK (usually) timber harvesting companies buy standing timber from forest owners, then engage harvesting contractors and hauliers, and sell to sawmills.
People get paid when the timber gets to the mill and is weighed.
If timber is harvested & sat at roadside, then people haven’t been paid.
People get paid when the timber gets to the mill and is weighed.
If timber is harvested & sat at roadside, then people haven’t been paid.
This is extremely important, alot of contractors are struggling - machines parked up or sold, inevitably we are going to lose some.
Sawmills unwilling to comment.
This needs resolving now. @forestsandwood, a matter of urgency, these mills are your members.
Sawmills unwilling to comment.
This needs resolving now. @forestsandwood, a matter of urgency, these mills are your members.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is extremely important, alot of contractors are struggling - machines parked up or sold, inevitably we are going to lose some.
Sawmills unwilling to comment.
This needs resolving now. @forestsandwood, a matter of urgency, these mills are your members.
Sawmills unwilling to comment.
This needs resolving now. @forestsandwood, a matter of urgency, these mills are your members.
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We are in a Nature AND Climate emergency, Rothbury would be a great opportunity to demonstrate a more resilient future for our uplands, and show how we can combine timber production AND regenerative farming AND nature conservation.
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are in a Nature AND Climate emergency, Rothbury would be a great opportunity to demonstrate a more resilient future for our uplands, and show how we can combine timber production AND regenerative farming AND nature conservation.
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Mmm let's think about this.. @woodlandtrust and LINK have a huge PR budget (part of their business plan) and when it suits them the WT sit in the forestry sector... cuckoo, cuckoo. Other land uses dominate by virtue of scale... what do you expect?
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mmm let's think about this.. @woodlandtrust and LINK have a huge PR budget (part of their business plan) and when it suits them the WT sit in the forestry sector... cuckoo, cuckoo. Other land uses dominate by virtue of scale... what do you expect?
See? I'm not the only one saying this
"The public image still sees conifers bad, native hardwoods good, especially if the native hardwoods are old and decrepit."
FULL FEATURE: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/features/for...
FULL FEATURE: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/features/for...
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
See? I'm not the only one saying this
Bit of thoughtful reading, should you want it.....⬇️
"When the planting statistics came out in the summer you’d have been forgiven for thinking the season had been a resounding success."
🔗 www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
🔗 www.forestryjournal.co.uk/opinion/2557...
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Bit of thoughtful reading, should you want it.....⬇️
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I will always try and support the forestry industry on SM. Yes, I make my living from it but it means so much more to me than that. I care deeply about the job I do, the timber I provide and the habitats I manage.
So why should I have to put up with this utter tripe that is throw at me?
So why should I have to put up with this utter tripe that is throw at me?
But I see that all you are is a planter, so of course you will try to defend this garbage because it's how you make your living.
Your opinion on the matter is invalid. Goodbye.
Your opinion on the matter is invalid. Goodbye.
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I will always try and support the forestry industry on SM. Yes, I make my living from it but it means so much more to me than that. I care deeply about the job I do, the timber I provide and the habitats I manage.
So why should I have to put up with this utter tripe that is throw at me?
So why should I have to put up with this utter tripe that is throw at me?
"Polarisation isn't constructive"
The thing about forestry is it is one of the few industries where we can have our cake and eat it.
#positiveforestry
The thing about forestry is it is one of the few industries where we can have our cake and eat it.
#positiveforestry
Both examples are forest “a large area of land thickly covered with trees” OED
But that’s like comparing a field of wheat to a field of potatoes - both are fields but with very different functions.
The one on the left is a complex diverse native ecosystem - brilliant but we need both examples 🧵1/4
But that’s like comparing a field of wheat to a field of potatoes - both are fields but with very different functions.
The one on the left is a complex diverse native ecosystem - brilliant but we need both examples 🧵1/4
We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Polarisation isn't constructive"
The thing about forestry is it is one of the few industries where we can have our cake and eat it.
#positiveforestry
The thing about forestry is it is one of the few industries where we can have our cake and eat it.
#positiveforestry
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Disappointed to hear @craigbennett3.bsky.social scare mongering about the possibility of “intensive conifer plantations” on the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland on
the Today Programme. Maybe he should listen to Sir David Attenborough www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... especially at the 4 min mark.
the Today Programme. Maybe he should listen to Sir David Attenborough www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... especially at the 4 min mark.
How To Save Our Forests and Rewild Our Planet
YouTube video by WWF International
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Disappointed to hear @craigbennett3.bsky.social scare mongering about the possibility of “intensive conifer plantations” on the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland on
the Today Programme. Maybe he should listen to Sir David Attenborough www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... especially at the 4 min mark.
the Today Programme. Maybe he should listen to Sir David Attenborough www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... especially at the 4 min mark.
I’ve lost count of how many sawmills I’ve visited in the last 11 years but this is the first where a whole production line is to be found inside a new 100% timber building. Great use of Cross Laminated Timber by BERGENE HOLM AS in Norway. It smells great too!
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Another great example of the role of sustainable forestry in supporting the transition to a lower carbon circular bioeconomy.
Sequester, store & substitute 🌲♻️
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Sequester, store & substitute 🌲♻️
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Rotorua biofactory opens the way for a potential $50 billion economic gain
Hopes are being pinned on a commercial-scale facility that will transform low-value wood, food waste and animal products into high-value ingredients.
www.thepost.co.nz
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Another great example of the role of sustainable forestry in supporting the transition to a lower carbon circular bioeconomy.
Sequester, store & substitute 🌲♻️
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Sequester, store & substitute 🌲♻️
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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Oh well, we would all be better just giving up then!
I dispute the claim but even if it is correct we plant trees for a multitude of positive reasons not just one.
#positiveforestry
I dispute the claim but even if it is correct we plant trees for a multitude of positive reasons not just one.
#positiveforestry
Nature’s capacity to absorb human created CO2 is failing. Existing natural forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb.
So why are so many clinging to the delusion that planting trees is a climate solution?
So why are so many clinging to the delusion that planting trees is a climate solution?
“[Last year] CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased by 3.5 ppm, the largest one-year increase since modern measurements began... This increase was driven by continued fossil CO2 emissions, enhanced fire emissions and reduced terrestrial/ocean sinks… which could signal a climate feedback.”
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Oh well, we would all be better just giving up then!
I dispute the claim but even if it is correct we plant trees for a multitude of positive reasons not just one.
#positiveforestry
I dispute the claim but even if it is correct we plant trees for a multitude of positive reasons not just one.
#positiveforestry
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This is a difficult but worthwhile listen about stress in the job and mental health. 🌳🌲
Well done to @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social for promoting, and to @kilmaha.bsky.social Nick Adams , and Gillian from FISA for speaking so openly @forestryjournal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4oI4...
Well done to @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social for promoting, and to @kilmaha.bsky.social Nick Adams , and Gillian from FISA for speaking so openly @forestryjournal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4oI4...
Mental Health in Forestry: Breaking the Silence
open.spotify.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This is a difficult but worthwhile listen about stress in the job and mental health. 🌳🌲
Well done to @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social for promoting, and to @kilmaha.bsky.social Nick Adams , and Gillian from FISA for speaking so openly @forestryjournal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4oI4...
Well done to @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social for promoting, and to @kilmaha.bsky.social Nick Adams , and Gillian from FISA for speaking so openly @forestryjournal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4oI4...
This is a pretty uncomfortable listen, but not as uncomfortable as it was for me to talk about the issues faced by contractors in general and me personally.
We know what the issues are and the solutions. We just got to fucking do it.
We know what the issues are and the solutions. We just got to fucking do it.
⭐ NEW GONE FORESTING EPISODE: Mental Health in Forestry: Breaking the Silence
RFS brings together leading voices from across the sector to tackle one of forestry’s toughest topics: mental health.
⚠️ Strong language & sensitive topics.
https://ow.ly/RRHE50X5xEQ
#WorldMentalHealthDay #CheckIn
RFS brings together leading voices from across the sector to tackle one of forestry’s toughest topics: mental health.
⚠️ Strong language & sensitive topics.
https://ow.ly/RRHE50X5xEQ
#WorldMentalHealthDay #CheckIn
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is a pretty uncomfortable listen, but not as uncomfortable as it was for me to talk about the issues faced by contractors in general and me personally.
We know what the issues are and the solutions. We just got to fucking do it.
We know what the issues are and the solutions. We just got to fucking do it.
This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.
In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:
In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
youtu.be/bwXEj2-8QHE?...
And just to drive home the point, here's the link to the video again.
It is incredibly disappointing that attempts at rational debate with a balanced opinion so often decend into insults. Not cool.
#Checkyourtone
@royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
And just to drive home the point, here's the link to the video again.
It is incredibly disappointing that attempts at rational debate with a balanced opinion so often decend into insults. Not cool.
#Checkyourtone
@royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
youtu.be/bwXEj2-8QHE?...
And just to drive home the point, here's the link to the video again.
It is incredibly disappointing that attempts at rational debate with a balanced opinion so often decend into insults. Not cool.
#Checkyourtone
@royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
And just to drive home the point, here's the link to the video again.
It is incredibly disappointing that attempts at rational debate with a balanced opinion so often decend into insults. Not cool.
#Checkyourtone
@royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
“Increasing the use of structural timber could help alleviate the country’s housing crisis, which is particularly acute in London and the southeast,”
The best time to grow some timber was 20 yrs ago, the 2nd best time is now …
#PositiveForestry
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
The best time to grow some timber was 20 yrs ago, the 2nd best time is now …
#PositiveForestry
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Five-day timber homes 'could help Labour hit 1.5m housing target'
Senior Labour politicians discussed increasing the use of structural timber to help alleviate the country’s housing crisis
www.standard.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM