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Forestry Commission Annual Report 1985-1986 Forestry Commission 66th Annual Report and Accounts 1985-86 Forestry Commission ARCHIVE C o v e r : A farm and forestry landscape near Falling Fosse, North Yorkshire. The attractive mixed larch and broadleaved woodlands are managed by the Forestry Commission. Sixty-Sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Forestry Commission for the year ended 31 March 1986 together with the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts Presented to Parliament in pursuance o f Section 45 o f the Forestry Act 1967 and Section 5 o f the Exchequer and A udit Departments A ct 1921 Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 5 November 1986 LONDON HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE £10.00 net 554 Previous Reports 1984—85 HC 1 (1985—86) 1983—84 HC 1 (1984—85) 1982—83 HC 303 (1983—84) FORESTRY COMMISSION 231 Corstorphine Road Edinburgh EH 12 7AT 19 September 1986 To: The R t Hon MICHAEL JOPLING MP, Minister o f Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The R t Hon MALCOLM RlFKIND QC, MP, Secretary o f State for Scotland The R t Hon NICHOLAS EDWARDS MP, Secretary o f State for Wales Gentlemen In pursuance of Section 45 of the Forestry Act 1967,1 have the honour to transmit the 66th Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners which covers the year ended 31 March 1986. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, (Sgd) DAVID MONTGOMERY Chairman The Forestry Commissioners, Heads of Divisions and Conservators at 31 March 1986 Forestry Commissioners Sir David Montgomery Bt, JP, DL, Chairman Mr G. D. Holmes CB, Deputy Chairman and Director General Mr R. T. Bradley Mr I. D. Coutts CBE Mr J. Forbes Captain W. F. E. Forbes DL Mr G. J. Francis Lord Gibson-Watt PC,MC,DL Mr G. O. Hutchison Mr J. D. Pollock Mr D. T. J. Rutherford Heads of Divisions Secretary: Mr P. J. Clarke Director, Harvesting and Marketing: Mr D. L. Foot Director, Research: Mr A. J. Grayson Director, Planning & Surveys: Mr D.S. Grundy Director, Estate Management: Mr R. P. Illingworth Director, Private Forestry and Services: Mr A. A. Rowan Director, Personnel: Mr C. W. Simmonds Controller of Finance: Mr C. F. Turquand Head of Silviculture: Mr J. R. Aldhous Head of Data Processing: Mr E. K. Arthurs Chief Engineer: Mr R. M. Hay Head of Information: Mr J. F. Lindsay Conservators England North: Mr A. Rix East: Mr M. Dinning West: M r J. R. Fletcher Scotland North: Mr J. Atterson Mid: M r A. M orrison South: M r G. G. M. Taylor Wales: M r D. Y. M. Robertson Note: The addresses of the main Forestry Commission offices appear on the inside back cover. 5 Contents Page Names of Forestry Commissioners, Heads of Divisions and Conservators 5 Report for the Year Ended 31 March 1986: General Review The Year in Perspective ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Wood Production and Wood Processing ...................................................................................................................... 8 State of the Wood Market ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Developments in the Wood Processing Industries ..................................................................................................... 8 Forestry and the Environment ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Broadleaves Policy ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 ..................................................................................................... 11 The Commission’s Nature Conservation Policy ........................................................................................................... 11 Forestry and Woodland Code ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Forestry and Environment Studies .................................................................................................................................. 12 Planting in Caithness and Sutherland ............................................................................................................................ 12 Planting Without Approval ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Air Pollution and Forest Health .................................................................................................................................. 13 Beech Health Study ......................................................................................................................................................... 13. Upland Forestry and Water Quality ............................................................................................................................ 13 Changing Patterns of Land Use ........................................................................................................................................ 14 European Community Initiatives .................................................................................................................................. 14 Report on Woodland as a Farm Crop ............................................................................................................................ 15 Afforestation in Scotland ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Regional Advisory Committee Review ...................................................................................................................... 15 The International Scene ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Ninth World Forestry Congress ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Twelfth Commonwealth Forestry Conference ........................................................................................................... 17 International Forestry Conference, Paris ...................................................................................................................... 17 International Year of the Forest .................................................................................... 17 Privatisation .............. 18 Management Reorganisation ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Information Technology ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Gran t-in-Aid .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 New Forest Review ............................................................................................................................................................... 19 Oak for York Minster ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Commissioners .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Senior Staff ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Staff Numbers .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Forestry Enterprise Silvicultural Operations ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Work Study .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Forest Protection .................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Environment Organisation and Structure ...................................................................................................................... 23 Forest Design .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Forest Recreation .................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Estate Management ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Harvesting and Marketing ..................................................................................................................................................
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