Slievealoughaun Wood
Slievealoughaun, Co. Clare
Slievealoughaun Wood is within the Mal Bay catchment and has provided an ideal site for field days, highlighting how forestry under responsible management can positively affect the surrounding area.
A recent field day during heritage week held by the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) and the Association of Irish Forestry Consultants (AIFC), titled ‘Forestry and Water Quality: The Physical and Cultural Connections’ gave participants the opportunity to visit a recent clearfell at Slievealoughaun and explain how the site was managed to mitigate against silt runoff by creating a wetland area.
Another field day organised by The Woodland League Forestry Promotion Project was held here to explore the positive effect forestry can have not just in the immediate locality but extending to a much larger scale, taking water into account.
Both days gave a fitting example of what can be achieved through the collaboration of forest owners / managers and neighbouring landowners. It was precisely this communication of the manager and neighbour here that led to the installation of the two ponds, which in time will become valuable habitats within the woodland.
In addition to the new wetland area, 40% of the clearfelled area has been replanted with native Irish species – Downy birch (Beith chlúmhach), Pedunculate oak (Dair ghallda), Common alder (Fearnóg), Rowan (Caorthann), Crab apple (Crann Fia-úll), Scots pine (Péine Albanach), Cherry (Crann silín fiáin), Willow (Saileach) – to enhance species diversity on site.
IForUT are continuing this practice across the country where it is suitable to do so to to restore, protect and enhance local water quality, instream habitat and the riparian biodiversity of local waterbodies.
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