This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 2 October 2020
Ashes to Ashes
It is reported that the National Trust (NT) will have cut down and burn some 40,000 Ash trees on their lands (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/02/40000-trees-face-felling-by-national-trust-after-surge-in-ash-dieback). The trees have been infected with the fungal ash dieback disease. The spread of the disease seems to have been greatly accelerated by the weather conditions earlier in the year. The Covid-19 pandemic has also prevented rangers and volunteers from removing dying trees as rapidly as is needed to control transmission. The whole exercise will cost the NT some £2m and will change, forever, many much-loved and evocative locations.
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