Chopping trees down

[Headfry]

Why are they chopping down so many trees in this area?
Huge lovely trees - are they all dying or a there 'teams' going round hunting out trees for 'cash' -think of all those wood burners now days.
I am not convinced these tress are being felled for the right reasons?
Can any one here shed any light please.
This request has been typed to the sound of a chain saw that is cutting down yet another very old tree in the lane (could be a clue here) 8 or so more to do they say.
Not a happy HF this morning, nor yesterday when they started.

[HeyWayne]

It's simple. It might fall on someone.

[Headfry]

hmmmm thought so !

[Flummery]

It's often because the tree has rotted at the heart. Difficult to tell but sometimes they seem to 'weep' moisture from a crack or hole high up. I believe that anyone can ask for a Tree Preservation Order on any tree but I don't think that would hold up if the tree were in a dangerous condition. I don't think it's the felling that's the problem - I think it's the lack of planting. In the past, trees were a crop but like any other crop you planted successionally and replaced. Doesn't happen now.

[smallblueplanet]

No disrespect here, but are you an expert on diseases of trees HF?

BBC News - Wiltshire horse chestnuts with 'bleeding canker' felled

These chestnuts came down very recently...they are being replaced though. Why not ask the guys with the chainsaw why they're bringing them down? Most people don't chop down trees for fun nowadays.

Trees & woodland have to be managed to get the best from them, the same as any natural resource...

[SlugLobber]

Trees are only felled round here when they're diseased or teetering dangerously over a road/footpath. Each landowner has to do tree surveys and mark branches to be lopped or trees which are diseased. Apparently canker has been rife in the last couple of years. Could it be that, HF?

[Headfry]

They say leaf miner..... and maybe some canker.....all seems odd, but maybe that is just the way my silly mind (heart) works. The trees are over 100 years old....just makes me sad, and I don't trust all tree fellers!
I am fine with - it is diseased or dangerous but who is around to check out these 'possible' reasons ???? thats my worry.
I did not think leaf miner killed the tree or made it unsafe.....another ????

[smallblueplanet]

Contact your local council and ask about what's going on - they should be able to tell you whether it can be done without 'permission' or not.

[Pumpkin Becki]

We have a large Horse Chestnut in our front garden at the new house. It has suffered from leaf minor over the last couple of years (although not so badly if i gather up the fallen leaves in the autumn). Being in a Conservation area we are not allowed to touch this tree without Conservation Area consent, and I don't think leaf minor would be a valid enough reason.

[Rhona]

Councils usually have a Forestry dept. to speak with, try calling them.

[Hilary B]

We have forestry comission land nearby (it's where we walk the dogs) and there has been a lot of felling over the past year or so. What annoys me about it is the way they cut down about half the full-grown trees in an area, and then churn up the ground taking the timber out, and do so many areas like that. Surely it would be better for the wildlife to clear-fell a smaller area, let that bit recover for a year, then do the adjoining area once there is some regrowth, so the wild things can 'move house', instead of wiping out everything that can't fly over a rather larger patch at a time?

[BFG]

Sometimes they leave some trees standing to naturally resow the cleared area. it's a lot more efficient than replanting 1000's of trees manually.