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This is one of the few quangos that actually seem to do anything very useful. Their existence is due mainly to the paucity of proper central funding for forest research and development in the UK. They have good links with Norway and Sweden. Few trees are more hardy, more graceful, and more generally useful than the Birch. In some parts of the Highlands almost every household utensil is made of Birch wood. Even candles are made of the bark. In Sweden, in times of scarcity, its bark has been made into food. In Poland and in Russia it is used for a multitude of things, and the perfume of its bark gives to Russian leather its peculiar and very pleasant perfume. . . . Its imperviousness to moisture induces the use of thin strips of its bark between the soles of shoes, and, in hats, to keep out wet. extracted from Tree Gossip by Francis George Heath The overall aim of Highland Birchwoods is to stimulate the development of a local woodland economy and culture in the Scottish Highlands. Click here for a link to Highland Birchwoods . |
