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Fencing on the hill sometimes starts with a helicopter!
Taiga Upland builds large-scale upland fences for forestry, woodland creation and nature restoration projects, and on a lot of that ground the hardest part is getting the materials to the line. Driving machines up steep or soft hill can churn the ground and take days.
For this deer fence we flew the materials in instead. The line was surveyed and drop points located in advance, and every load was bundled, weighed, strapped and laid out in flight order at the pick-up point. The helicopter then set each bundle exactly where the fencing team needed it.
Less disturbance to the ground, less time lost, and a fence line stocked in hours rather than days.
#uplandfencing #deerfencing #helicopterlift #scottishhighlands #ruralscotland #WoodlandCreation #fencing #TeamTaiga
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New woodland, new deer grid!
On one of our woodland creation sites the old grid on the public road had reached the end of its life, so our groundwork team replaced it. First a bypass on compacted hardcore to keep the road open during the works, which stays in place for livestock and horse-drawn vehicles to use in future, with fencing to follow. Then the old grid out and a new 120-tonne public road specification deer grid in, and the approaches tarred to a high standard to finish the job.
A proper grid keeps deer out of young trees and keeps the road safe for everyone who uses it. Getting both right, on a live road, takes planning and the right people.
#WoodlandCreation #deergrid #groundworks #scottishforestry #RuralInfrastructure #civils #perthshire #TeamTaiga
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Before a single tree goes in the ground, someone has to prepare the site!
That's what our teams are doing across Scotland: restock mounding on felled woodland, working through the brash and stumps so that new trees have a good, well-drained spot to establish in when planting starts.
Ground preparation is where Taiga Upland started, and it's still a big part of what we do. Forestry-spec excavators, skilled and experienced operators, and sites left tidy, mapped and ready for the planters, whatever the conditions.
A quieter side of forestry than harvesting, but every new crop depends on it.
#ForestryGroundPreparation #Restocking #ScottishForestry #WoodlandCreation #RuralScotland #Forestry #UplandContracting #TeamTaiga
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Some of the most important peatland restoration work is done by hand!
Machines can't reach every part of a site. Where the ground is too steep, too wet or too easily damaged, our handwork team goes in on foot and finishes the job. Right now that means installing timber dams on a live restoration site, each one cut, fitted and levelled by hand so it holds water and lets the bog recover.
The timber is untreated Scottish larch from a local sawmill. Local timber, local sawmill and a local team, all working towards the same result.
It's tough, physical work on open hill, and this team turns up and does it well, day after day.
#PeatlandRestoration #Handwork #ScottishLarch #Peatland #UplandScotland #RuralJobs #Sustainability #TeamTaiga
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Upland deer fencing is a serious investment. It has to protect a new woodland or restock crop for decades, and getting it right matters more than almost anything else on the site.
Which is why experience is everything!
The fencers on our team have spent years on the hill. Trained professionals doing professional work. Certified, directly employed by Taiga Upland, locally based, taking real pride in what they leave behind. The right kit for the terrain, and the discipline to do the job right the first time.
Cutting corners on fencing looks like a saving on the day the contract is signed, and looks like something else a few years in. A fence is a long asset, and it's worth paying for the people who know how to build one that lasts.
#TeamTaiga #DeerFencing #WoodlandCreation #ScottishForestry #UplandContracting #RuralScotland
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