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Field Station Manager, Technical Services Unit

Responsible for managing:

  • Teams of research workers at Wykeham and Thetford
  • Fieldwork, assessments and experiments on behalf of project leaders across field station area
  • Responsible also for all mensuration and crop survey work across England and Wales

TSU provide a wide range of advice and support services to the forestry and environmental sectors as well as scientific staff within Forest Research.

Liz joined the Forestry Commission in 1985 as a YTS Student in Dorset whilst attending Holme Lacey College to gain Cities & Guild phase 1 in Forestry. She progressed to the felling Squad in Peninsula before attending the Scottish School of Forestry in 1989, including a mid-year in North Wales with EFG. After qualifying she went back to Dorset Forest District as an H&M Forester and moved to Surveys Branch in 1994. She moved from Cambridge to Fineshade when Surveys Branch merged with TSU and became Field Station Manager in 2006.

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Liz Richardson

Field Station Manager
Field Data Services

Forest Research

Fineshade Research Office

Top Lodge

Fineshade

Nr Corby

Northants NN17 3BB

UK