Morvern Community Woodlands aims to provide the local community with access to firewood and milled timber at reasonable cost, finding more local uses for the abundant forest resource and encouraging better management of neglected woodlands in the process.

Morvern Community Woodlands now has access to machinery and trained members to make this possible.

Another service that the group is developing is the breaking down of bigger logs (up to 3 foot diameter) using the Logosol Big Mill system with a Stihl chainsaw, enabling woodland owner-managers to turn these previously redundant logs into useful timber.

Morvern Community Woodlands volunteers have also acquired skills and networks to enable them to set up co-operative contracting, craft and furniture businesses in their professional lives. This is also proving a useful outlet for local timber processed by Morvern Community Woodlands members.

See www.woodturninginmorvern.co.uk for turned wood.

For locally made furniture, contact Ken Henesy 07748540302.

For native tree seedling supply, tree surgery and woodland contracts, contact Organic Trees 01967421203.

For Rhododendron control and tree planting, contact Gordon French 01967421222.

Read the specially-commissioned report on
Timber Utilisation: A study on the potential for community wood working in Morvern