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A toolkit for local authorities dealing with ash dieback
The Ash Dieback Action Plan Toolkit, prepared by The Tree Council and Fera Science Limited (formerly the Food and Environment Research Agency) with the support of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), brings together guidance and case studies from local authorities already tackling the issue.
It contains resources and materials created by Local Authorities and other agencies as they prepared to manage the impacts of ash dieback. These examples are presented throughout the report. They are mostly works in progress and supplied with the generous agreement of the agencies and bodies who created them. We hope to receive feedback from others as they develop their own ADAPs.
Through this process, ash dieback best practice will develop and as new materials or amendments to these examples become available, we will update this document. This Toolkit is a step-by-step guide to producing an effective ADAP and includes examples from Local Authorities who are currently active in managing their ash trees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1581780944901{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1659″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://treecouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Tree-Council-Ash-Dieback-Toolkit-2.0-2.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tabs][vc_tab title=”Tree Council resources” tab_id=”1646760256299-3-3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2529″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
- Ash Dieback Toolkit
- Ash Dieback Toolkit (Welsh Language Version)
- Template Action Plan Document
- Report on Ash Dieback in Non-Woodland Settings: Findings from a 2014 study and Appendix 2: Non Woodland Ash data
- Ash Dieback in Larger Trees ID Guide
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- Case Studies found in the Ash Dieback Action Plan Toolkit
- Herefordshire Ash Assessment
- Devon Highway Survey
- Suffolk Canopy Assessment
- Norfolk Highway Assessment
- Norfolk Survey Procedure
- Norfolk Survey Proforma
- Norfolk Survey Symptoms Guide
- Norfolk Survey Results 2017
- Norfolk Inspection Flowchart
- Norfolk Committee Report 1
- Norfolk Committee Report 2
- Norfolk Committee Report 3
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Thank you to all of the local authorities and organisations who have shared their resources and contributed to the Toolkit.
Devon
- Ash Dieback Action Plan
- Ash Dieback Communications Plan
- Ash Dieback Masterclass
- 2016 Ash Dieback Action Plan
- Increasing Resilience of Devon’s Treescape
- Benefits of Ash
- Landscape Maintenance and Restoration
Devon Resilience Forum
- Aims
- Letterhead
- Guide to protected species and ash dieback
- Ash Replacement Guide
- Risk Matrix
- Website structure
- Advice Note December 2018
Kent
West Sussex
Resources from other authorities
- Leicestershire: Ash Dieback Action Plan
- Suffolk: Action Kit
- East Lindsey: District Council Ash Dieback Action Plan
- Herefordshire: Volunteer survey 1
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- Arboricultural Association – Practical guidance for Tree Owners, Managers, Contractors and Consultants
- Bat Conservation Trust: Recommendations on managing trees affected by ash dieback along highways, roads and woodland rights of way
- Forestry Commission: NFI preliminary estimates of quantities of broadleaved species in British woodlands, with special focus on ash
- National Tree Safety Group: Ash Dieback Guidance
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