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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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Helicopter operations are becoming a bigger part of what we do at Taiga Upland!
Some jobs in Scotland's uplands simply can't be reached by ground vehicle without damaging the very habitat the work is meant to protect. Remote peatland sites, fragile ground, materials that need placing accurately in places a machine can't safely go. That's where helicopters earn their keep.
This month, our team was working with our friends at Skyhook Helicopters on a peatland restoration site, lifting bog mats onto the hill to create controlled water crossings exactly where they were needed.
What makes an operation like this run smoothly is the bit that isn't dramatic — the planning, the communication, the discipline of the team on the ground. That's what sits behind every good helicopter lift.
#TeamTaiga #SkyhookHelicopters #PeatlandRestoration #ScottishHighlands #UplandContracting #RuralScotland
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