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<h1>Welcome to Coppicing . com</h1>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">This site is an informational resource supplied
by <a href="http://www.ukagriculture.com">Living Countryside</a> to advise on
the role and history of coppicing, woodmanship, and woodland management. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Coppicing is the art of cutting of trees and
shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth and a sustainable supply of
timber for future generations. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Trees and shrubs that are cut down this way can
produce shoots that grow over 30cm in a week and a coppiced tree can live many
times longer than if the the tree had not been cut down at all. Coppicing has
been practiced for many thousands of years. The earliest confirmed evidence
comes from the UK dating back over 6000 years.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Coppicing has been integral with agriculture
in shaping and forming the countryside. In the UK coppicing has been the dominant
form of woodland management and in the highly populated UK allowed a sustainable
and productive resource to maintain the highly important <a href="http://www.englishcharcoal.co.uk">charcoal
industry</a> as well as providing timber for fencing, roofs, brooms, heating,
drying racks and much more. Coppicing is a unique art.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">In the site we will be looking at a case study
illustrating restoration and ongoing coppicing and following a small patch of
woodland over the next few years. We hope that you find the subject interesting.
If you are involved with woodland management and would like us to include your
own link please submit your details to us.</font></p>
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