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Forestry in East Lothian: 1945-2000

Jim Affleck

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The 1947 Inventory of Woodland (Forestry Commission) recorded that the area of woodland felled in East Lothian stood at 1,012 hectares; this was 24.5% of the total woodland cover of the County. In comparison in 1995 the figure was 2%, close to what would be considered 'sustainable'. The felled area was wholly due to the timber requisitioned by the Ministry of Supply under The Control of Timber Order (1941) to maintain 'supplies and services essential to the life of the community'.

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In the cause of the war effort, large areas such as Binning Wood and Brownrigg at Tyninghame; High Wood (Innerwick); Butterdean and Woodside (Gladsmuir); Colstoun and Saltoun Big Wood (Gifford) were clear felled. These fellings, together with those of many smaller woods not recorded, would change the woodlands of the country and their amenity for decades.

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