Lost forever or maybe not?
Bore da pawb, croeso. Before I get into this week's blog properly, a reflection on the past week. Counting growth rings Surprisingly a very run of the mill week until Friday afternoon when I had the pleasure of leading a local school on a visit to Llyn Llech Owain Country Park. Year six from Ysgol Gorslas wanted to understand why we have been carrying out forestry operations and harvesting some of the 70-80 year old Sitka Spruce. The class had clearly prepared for their visit with some great question being asked, such as, why are you cutting down the trees? The trees were planted as a commercial crop and have reached harvestable size as well as posing a risk to visitors during storms. Will there be less Oxygen in the area now? I had to flip this on its head and we discussed the Carbon cycle and the surprising fact that the peat bog is already storing approximately 3.2 times the amount of CO2 as all the trees in the park, Oxygen levels are unlikely to be affected!