by Paul Murray | Mar 9, 2023
Spending a long time alone in a Canadian forest helped Patrick McCusker understand it Some years ago, I worked as a naturalist in Ontario, Canada. One of the tasks I was asked to provide was to undertake a survey of plants and animals in a particular woodland. The...
by Paul Murray | Mar 9, 2023
By Sean McGinnisTthe Giants Grove project is a partnership between Crann – Trees for Ireland, and Birr Castle Estate. On the surface it’s basically an eight hectare (20 acre) green-field afforestation project in the heart of Ireland that was launched by President...
by Paul Murray | Mar 9, 2023
Joe Barry sees that little changes to land use can help accommodate the return of wildlife One autumn afternoon, I heard one of our terriers barking in a very agitated manner. Hurrying to see what was wrong, I found the cause of her alarm was a hedgehog with five...