{"id":2286,"date":"2022-01-15T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2022-01-15T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:36:39","slug":"work-party-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?p=2286","title":{"rendered":"Work Party activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much of our work party activities consist of managing the growth of vegetation. This is done for several reasons. Firstly it is important to maintain public access and safety &#8211; so dangerous trees and blocked paths have priority. But in most cases we are maintaining and improving the structure of the wood to encourage bio-diversity through creating and maintaining a range of habitats. Left to itself, the wood would revert to dense woodland with many fewer species of plant and animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here we are removing re-growth of Rhododendron, which as an invasive foreign species can swamp the landscape if left unchecked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1.jpg 810w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1-75x100.jpg 75w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102114412-810x1080-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other recent work includes planting out new Hornbeam saplings to fill in gaps along the Cuffley Camp boundary and clearing a blocked culvert which was causing Rowbourne Brook to flood the junction of Middle Way and the Blue Trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1.jpg 810w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1-75x100.jpg 75w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG20220102100404-810x1080-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of our work party activities consist of managing the growth of vegetation. This is done for several reasons. Firstly it is important to maintain public access and safety &#8211; so dangerous trees and blocked paths have priority. 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