The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff.
This thirtieth Journal includes information on: A farewell note from Sir Arthur Gosling; The history of box in the county of Hertfordshire; My four chestnuts; Land-use for forestry and agriculture; Royal Scottish Forestry Society: 64th Annual Excursion: Deeside, May 1961; Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales: Summer meeting at Keswick, May 1961; Forest mechanisation course of the Netherlands Land Development and Reclamation Society, Arnhem, July 1961; The wild pines of Kielder Forest—are they truly native?; Timber buildings for Britain; Rogate nursery; Plant supply and the nursery forester; Damage to young plantations by the bank vole at Bernwood Forest, 1958-1960; Marking trees: Comparison of methods; Helicopter lift of fencing material, Ennerdale Forest, October 1961; Metalling of forest roads at Lyminge Forest; One application of crown thinning in Sitka spruce; Hardwood pulpwood production: An application of the general tariff tables; The Royal Engineer field level; Housing the forester in North Wales; Report on visit of extraction consultants from Norway and Sweden to Forestry Commission forests, May 8th-16th, 1961; Extraction tracks; The deer of the New Forest and their control.