Conference 2011

This will take place on Saturday March 19th at the Holiday Inn, Garforth.

Conference 2010

Lecture notes, conference poster information and speaker biographies are now all available for downloading.

Conference 2010 - Woodlands Old and New

March 20th, Harrogate

Speakers (click for lecture notes)

Dr Keith Kirby, Natural England. 'Ancient wood and veteran trees – what have we learnt in the last 35 years?' [Keynote address]

Professor Melvyn Jones, University of Sheffield. 'Woodland origins in a South Yorkshire parish'.

Dr Derek Yalden. 'What sort of woodland bird fauna SHOULD we have?'

Dr Colin Howes. 'Changes in Yorkshire's woodland mammal fauna over the past 400 years'

Crispin Thorn, Regional Director, Forestry Commission. 'The future for Yorkshire woodlands: a Forestry Commission perspective.'

Rufus Sage or Roger Draycott, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. 'The impact of pheasant releasing on woodlands'.

Dr Peter Mayhew, University of York. 'Ichneumonid wasps in woods near York'.

Ann Bowers, Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group. ' Woodland fungi'

Posters and Conversazione - outlines

Speaker biographies