Habitat Work in Progress

Many people blame forestry for problems with rivers, and , indeed conifers planted right up to watercourses are not a good idea, from a number of points of view. Here, next to the Dochart, the owner is felling a conifer wood from the riparian zone, and replanting with native broadleaved species, more suited to the location. In this case, the economics of doing this are sensible, government and National Park policies encourage such changes when the opportunity for felling arises. The Dochart catchment is very heavily afforested, and encouraging more of this type of work will be very important.