**UPDATE - APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THE OPPORTUNITY** Interested in a career in forestry, arboriculture or conservation? The Nature Rich Miterdale Project is offering 4 fully funded places on the City & Guilds Level 2 Chainsaw Maintenance, Cross-cutting and Small Tree Felling qualification. This is a great first step into a career working outdoors in forestry and woodland management. They’re looking for enthusiastic people from West Cumbria who enjoy working outdoors and want to develop practical forestry skills. No previous experience is needed and the opportunity may suit school or college leavers, people looking for a career change, or anyone interested in forestry, arboriculture or conservation. Successful applicants will complete five volunteer conservation days in the Miterdale Valley before attending the chainsaw course. During these days, you’ll help remove invasive non-native trees and learn basic woodland management skills. For more information get in touch with Jack – j.hatton@leeds.ac.uk.
Only 4 fully funded places are available, to register your interest, please send a short message to j.hatton@leeds.ac.uk telling him 1. Why you are interested in this opportunity? 2. What you hope to gain from it? 3. Whether you can commit to five volunteer days?
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Starts at 18:30 Sunday 14 to 12:30 Tuesday 16 February 2027
An introduction to lichens at Higham: we will look at what lichens are; how they “work”; and how we try to identify them. We will consider their ecology and the stories they can tell us about landscape and environmental history. Using specimens from Higham we will work through the keys for lichens…
Starts at 18:30pm Sunday 28 February finishes at 12:30pm Tuesday 2 March 2027
An introductory course in which you will start to find out about the fascinating world of mosses and liverworts. Working with live specimens we will practise identifying the main groups and using a key to identify specimens to species level. We will use hand lenses and microscopes to appreciate the…
Multiple Dates Available.
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