| The partnership includes private, non-government and government conservation, forestry and administrative organisations and individuals that work in and around the Meirionnydd area and want work together to improve the internationally important Oak Woodlands. |
The funding received from the Objective 1 structural fund has allowed the partnership to realise it's ambitions for improving the Meirionnydd Oakwoods |
MOHMP have offices in LLanrwst, there are three members of staff Andy Wills as Project Manager, Nicola Maysmor as Project Ranger and Lynne Morris as Project Administrator. They can be contacted at the following addresses: andy.wills@forestry.gsi.gov.uk, nicola.maysmor@forestry.gsi.gov.uk and lynne.morris@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
The Countryside Council for Wales is the Government's statutory advisor on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife
and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore waters. The National Wildlife Conservation Authority.
The Countryside Council for Wales aim to improve the biodiversity on their own land as well as offering grants to control exotic and invasive species to private landowners in the Mawddach Estuary. They also offer a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with the important Atlantic species interest of the projects woodlands. |
The government’s forestry agency charged with protecting and expanding Britain’s forests and woodlands, increasing their value to society and the environment. The Forestry Commission is the lead partner in the project, supporting the project staff and overseeing the day to day running of the project. |
The Woodland Trust has a dedicated project manager to ensure they achieve the best possible for their woodland holdings. They bring a vast range of experience and expertise in woodland management and publicity to the project. |
Snowdonia is one of the eleven National Parks of England and Wales, and is the second largest after the Lake District. Designated in 1951, the Snowdonia National Park Authority celebrated 50 years as a protected landscape in 2001. The National Park covers 823 square miles of the most beautiful and unspoilt countryside in north-west Wales. Unlike "wild" National Parks elsewhere in the world, Snowdonia is home to just over 26,000 people, who live and work in its towns and villages, and on its hill farms. An estimated 6-10 million visitor days are spent every year enjoying a wide range of leisure activities in Snowdonia. The National Park Authority offer financial support and management expertise to the project. |
The Ffestiniog Railway is the Oldest Independent Railway Company in the World. On our trains you can travel by steam through the spectacular scenery of the Snowdonia National Park, between Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. Today the Company also operates trains on its sister railway, the Welsh Highland Railway, between Caernarfon and Rhyd Ddu - the halfway point of a major project to re-open the old line through to Porthmadog. The Railway is working with the project to eradicate rhododendron along its lines from Penrhyndeudraeth to Blaenau Ffestiniog. As the railway is a long linear route it creates an important link between many of our key sites. |
The National Trust was founded in 1895 to care for places of historic interest or natural beauty. In Wales it cares
for over 45,000 hectares of countryside, 140 miles of coastline as well as some of the finest castles and gardens.
The Trust is the largest conservation organisation in Europe, supported by 3.3 million members, 87,000 of whom
live in Wales. As a charity it relies on membership subscriptions, gifts and other voluntary support to meet
its £148 m annual conservation and maintenance costs. The Trust's properties have unique legal protection "inalienability" -
they cannot ever be sold or mortgaged without permission of Parliament.
The National Trust brings some of the best sites for Atlantic species to the project. |
Flintshire Woodlands was established in 1953 as a woodland owners' co-operative. Now part of Scottish Woodlands Ltd it continues to provide professional and technical services to a wide range of woodland and estate owners. The four woodlands managed by Flintshire Woodlands that are involved in this partnership are primarily managed as commercial investments. This project provides an opportunity for areas of oak woodland within these plantations to be restored and brought into active management. The type of work being funded by this project includes removal of exotic species such as rhododendron and Japanese knotweed and the managed removal of conifers imprudently planted in the nineteen sixties. |
 Hafod Boeth is one of many privately owned forests within North Wales managed by Tilhill Forestry Ltd. Tilhill management team aim to combine the woodland owner’s objectives for the forest with the projects. Hafod Boeth’s strength as a forest lies in its diversity. It has considerable conservation value that mainly relates to the Atlantic Oakwood habitat within the property and along its southern edge. The forest also boasts valley mire habitat which UK wide has undergone considerable retraction and loss of quality as a result of over-grazing and agricultural improvement. The owner of Hafod Boeth is committed to restore and expand the area of Atlantic Oakwood and valley mire habitat and to protect the population of lesser horseshoe bats and water voles. The work undertaken by Tilhill as a partner in the Meirionnydd Oakwood Management Project will include:
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