Heavy horses to be used by British council for woodlands maintenance
A British council is piloting a novel agency of managing approximately of its woodlands, using Suffolk Punch heavy horses.
Havering Council, a borough of London, is working alongside the Forestry Commission on the lawsuit which, if successful, could run across the horses beingness used inward the borough over the side past times side 5 years to deal woodlands.
The horses volition hold upwards brought inward for a six-day lawsuit that aims to breathe novel life into approximately of the borough’s woodlands.
With a regular cycle of thinning as well as coppicing, when trees are cutting to permit good for you lot regrowth, as well as the role of heavy horses to motion the wood, council officials promise the woodlands volition create goodness from novel increment of shrubs, trees as well as widlflowers.
The airplane pilot programme aims to innovate this novel administration government to areas of derelict woodland inward the borough, alongside the create goodness of improving access as well as enhancing the diverseness of wildlife.
The creation of warm, sunny woodland clearings will, for example, attract to a greater extent than species of woodland butterflies such every bit Speckled Wood, Brimstone as well as Holly Blue.
Residents tin come upwards along as well as run across the horses inward activity on Saturday, Dec 7, from 10am to 3pm, at Havering Country Park.
The Suffolk Punch is good known for beingness the master copy run horse, bred inward the 16th century for strength, simply their presence dwindled over the centuries every bit mechanism took over.
However, this applied scientific discipline is increasingly beingness shunned after role of heavy mechanism as well as vehicles inward woodland has caused pregnant damage.
Councillor Andrew Curtin, the cabinet fellow member for culture, towns as well as communities, said: “We’re actually excited at the possibility of working alongside heavy horses to a greater extent than hither inward Havering.
“This is a actually innovative system that supports a cracking local work concern – as well as past times doing so, nosotros promise to farther protect the environs as well as cut back our carbon footprint, every bit good every bit encourage fifty-fifty to a greater extent than diverseness to the expanse for everyone to create goodness from.”
Those wanting to run across the horses on Dec seven should come upwards to the Orange Tree Hill principal entrance of the park.
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