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To ensure the best possible experience, at the weekends for the rest of the summer period, all visitors will need to have an advance online booking or hold an Annual Pass to gain entry to Avondale Forest Park Issued 21 July 2022. ‘Beyond the Trees Avondale’, a spectacular new visitor experience developed in partnership &hellip
‘Baunmore has changed significantly since peat extraction stopped in 2017’ said Dr Mark McCorry, Head of Ecology and Bog Rehabilitation at Bord na Móna, who recently visited the site with the Coillte Nature Team. ‘Areas that were formerly harvested are now quickly colonising with bog cotton, sedges and other species, and the re-wetting has been &hellip
Coillte and fire service personnel are currently working to bring a significant forest fire under control at Crone Woods County Wicklow. The fire is affecting areas of forested lands and also the Wicklow Mountains National Park. An Air Corps helicopter is in attendance to assist in the efforts. It is too early to determine the &hellip
Forest thinning will commence the week of 25th July at Cruagh as part of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) management of parts of this woodland. This thinning was due to start in late May but was postponed due to the wet weather and poor ground conditions. You may have already noticed trees marked with a pink &hellip
This month we were delighted to meet some neighbours of a new native woodland that we planted in South East Clare earlier this year. We held a drop-in event for anyone interested to come by for a chat and learn about this new woodland in their community.
Coillte, Fáilte Ireland and EAK Ireland collaborate to create a spectacular new visitor attraction in the heart of Ireland’s garden county This €19 million project transformed Avondale with the creation of an elevated Treetop Walk,12 storey high Viewing Tower made from locally sourced Douglas fir and larch wood alongside a 90m spiral slide &hellip