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Herts Year of Walking Culminates in Events Fiesta! Spring 2016 cmsnews No 114 • Sping 2016 NEWSLETTER OF THE HERTFORDSHIRE CMS Herts Year of Walking Culminates in Events Fiesta! 1 cmsnews The Countryside Management Service (CMS) works with landowners and communities to develop projects that enhance landscape and bio-diversity, as well as encouraging people to Welcome to our Spring edition understand and enjoy the countryside. The service plays an active role in encouraging volunteer and local action Engaging Hertfordshire residents in the The culmination of groups to identify and become involved work of the Countryside Management YoW will be our first in projects. Service has been an essential pillar of our Walking Festival The CMS also provides opportunities activity now for more than 40 years. This with lots on offer for for informal recreation through events, has never been more important than in everyone throughout guided walks, cycle routes linking 2016 when Hertfordshire is launching May. CMS has been towns and the countryside, leaflets and a year-long campaign to promote the busily training interpretation. benefits of volunteering and to celebrate volunteer leaders who the contribution of those who volunteer have been preparing their offerings, all of Contact us: already. The Year of Volunteering aims to which can be found on the CMS Walks and Countryside Management Service boost the number of people taking part More web pages. Office (Car Park H) in volunteering activities; celebrating the Environment Department contribution of existing volunteers towards Walking and cycling are both ideal ways to County Hall making a difference and; demonstrating take short journeys bringing health benefits Hertford, Herts, SG13 8DN that Hertfordshire has a strong sense of as well as cutting down on congestion, community and its residents are proud to pollution and CO2 emissions. We have been T 01992 588433 volunteer. working recently on a number of access E [email protected] projects that provide opportunities for The launch will take place at the Herts people to choose “active travel” as a means For further news about topics in CMS County Show on 28 and 29 May 2016, of getting from A to B. The improvements News and links to activities, see the CMS staff will be there with some of our we have made to signage and surface have CMS web site www.hertslink.org/cms volunteers – come and see us in the Herts gone hand-in-hand with improvements to County Council marquee! CMS is also the nearby natural habitats, ensuring that The Countryside Management Service planning to launch a new volunteering these route ways are a better place for people is sponsored by Hertfordshire County opportunity in 2016 – find out more later and wildlife. Hertfordshire’s redundant Council, East Herts Council, Hertsmere this year. railways and our plentiful green spaces can Borough Council, North Herts District really contribute to the transport mix in the Council, St. Albans City and District Big thanks go out to all of you who have county – read about this work further into Council, Three Rivers District Council. contributed so far to the Year of Walking. the newsletter. This campaign has gone from strength to strength with 1000s of residents pledging to Tony Bradford be more active through walking. 2 Spring 2016 In this issue... Page 7 Page 10 All aboard the Hertfordshire Walking Festival Alban Way Page 6 Sopwell Nunnery river works Page 9 Page 8 Bishop’s Wood Page 12 Broxbourne Woods update project update Scene change at Studio Way 3 cmsnews Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye and hello again... Above: Matt Watts Land Management Team development of the scheme with a view Centre: Bronwyn Scholes We are delighted to welcome Matthew to ensuring a sustainable programme of Right: Sian Price Watts to the team who joins us from events, catering for a range of abilities, with the far reaches of the Isle of Harris in a strong body of trained volunteer leaders Scotland, where he worked as a Ranger and healthy numbers of regular attendees. for the North Harris Trust. Originally a We are pleased to report that the Welwyn native of south-west Cornwall, Matthew and Hatfield scheme is in very good health! studied Sustainable Forest Management at Inverness and has practical experience Sadly, at the end of March, we also working in a range of environments and saw the departure of Matt Green from landscapes. We look forward to putting his Hertfordshire Health Walks. Matt joined us acquired knowledge and skills to good use. in July 2014 as Assistant Project Officer and made an immediate, positive impression. Hertfordshire Health Walks Matt’s great enthusiasm and competencies Following her very marked success in made him an excellent fit to step into the initiating and establishing our newest role of Health Walks Project Officer when Health Walk scheme in Welwyn and Sian Price went off on maternity leave Hatfield District, Sarita Bansal, Project and he has done sterling work during the lead, has departed CMS for a permanent period that she was away. Matt had taken post within County Council’s Highways a break from the very demanding role as a Communications Team. We thank Sarita paramedic and now returns to this calling. for her valuable contributions and wish her We thank Matt for all his excellent work the very best of luck in her new role. and wish him well for the future. In Sarita’s place, to see out the remainder Following a period of maternity leave we of this fixed-term contract until the end are also delighted to be welcoming Sian of March 2016, we welcomed Bronwyn Price back to her post of Hertfordshire Scholes. Bronwyn joined us with recent Health Walks Project Officer. Sian returns experience of positions within the Health to us ever enthusiastic and full of ideas and Social Care Industry and consequently about how we continue to build upon a very good understanding of the benefits the very significant achievements of of exercise on health and wellbeing. Hertfordshire Health Walks to date. Bronwyn was tasked with continued 4 Spring 2016 Conservation Grazing at Ivel Springs Tree pests and diseases: stop the spread Ivel Springs meadow truly is a wonderful sight in the summer In the last edition we described some of You can also be vigilant for signs of pests months – one that Countryside the issues we are facing around the threat and diseases. More information, including Management Service and site owners to our trees and woodlands from tree pests photographs and a video on signs and North Hertfordshire District Council and diseases. Some of these are already in symptoms, further advice on preventing the can be proud of. An important Hertfordshire and others are not far away. spread of disease and who to contact if you feature of this Local Nature Reserve come across a suspect tree can be found at (LNR) and Local Wildlife Site, the We’d guess that most readers of CMS News the Forestry Commission website - http:// meadow was created in 1992 by visit the countryside regularly, whether it’s www.forestry.gov.uk/pestsanddiseases. seeding a previously arable field. enjoying your local greenspace, leading a Health Walk, as a conservation volunteer or We also have a new Tree Health page on Without management in the form just walking the dog. Although we believe, the CMS website http://www.hertslink. of cutting or grazing, a meadow and scientific advice remains, that the risk org/cms/treehealth/ with information on like this would soon develop into of diseases such as Chalara Ash Dieback the current situation in Hertfordshire and woodland, resulting in the loss of being spread on boots, clothes, etc. is very further guidance, including the Chalara plants and associated wildlife. Tree low (even where the disease is known to be Action Toolkit for landowners and parish growth would also disturb the site’s present) there are sensible precautions that councils. important underlying archaeology. people can take to minimise this risk. Conservation grazing is the most Firstly, try to ensure that your footwear sympathetic management method and other kit is clean before you go out on for grassland species. Four, docile, a walk, ride, conservation task or other English Longhorn cows are due activity in the countryside. Once out, clean to arrive in July and will be on site any leaves and the worst of mud from your for 3 months. We have designed footwear, pushchairs, dogs, bikes, work infrastructure in such a way that the tools, etc. before you head home. Clean Above left: Ash dieback - public are not excluded from any part footwear and other gear properly at home. healthy and infected leaves of the site and are free to continue If you can dry it, that’s even better, as there’s Right: Horse Chestnut leaf with enjoying Ivel Springs LNR all year some evidence to suggest this might for leaf miner moth larvae damage round. instance help kill Chalara spores, although we do appreciate this may be difficult Both photos http://www.hertslink.org/cms/ during a typical British summer…! Copyright Forestry Commission getactive/placestovisit/ivelsprings/ 5 cmsnews Larger trees coppiced in the hedgerow at Sopwell Nunnery and overshading riverside trees removed to allow light in Sopwell Nunnery River Works A project aiming to improve the quality remove several trees along a short section of a stretch of the River Ver chalk stream of the river that were blocking light from that runs alongside Sopwell Nunnery, reaching the riverbed. The large trees in St Albans is currently well underway. a nearby hedge have also been coppiced, The work is being funded through the leaving the more manageable sized plants Clean for The Queen River and Wetlands Community Days in the hedge to be laid by volunteers.
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