Generated by Rank Math SEO, this is an llms.txt file designed to help LLMs better understand and index this website. # Forest of Selwood: Reviving this deeply historic landscape ## Sitemaps [XML Sitemap](https://forestofselwood.org/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages. ## Pages - [Hazel Dormouse Project](https://forestofselwood.org/hazel-dormouse-project/): Current research has identified the need for large, landscape-scale approaches to dormouse conservation, alongside continued evidence gathering to inform targeted steps towards species recovery. The use and importance of riparian habitats by dormice is not currently well understood, yet these habitats provide potentially important networks throughout many landscapes, including the Forest of Selwood.The Forest of Selwood Dormouse Project is centred around the establishment of a long-term study of riparian habitat use by dormice, which is embedded within local communities. Working within existing landowner networks, as well as engaging with new audiences, the project is establishing an extensive landscape-scale dormouse monitoring programme. - [Selwood Dormouse Survey](https://forestofselwood.org/selwood-dormouse-survey/): https://forestofselwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/selwood-dormice-1080.mov - [Forest of Selwood Partnership](https://forestofselwood.org/forest-of-selwood-partnership/): Photo by Maxwell Milligan - [Projects](https://forestofselwood.org/projects/): Photo by Bob Gibbons - [Long Ham Meadows](https://forestofselwood.org/long-ham-meadows/): Until now, Long Ham has been intensively managed. The charity is developing river and water meadow restoration plans that will allow nature to take the lead on the site. This will provide a significant and exciting new space for wildlife, allowing species-poor agriculturally-improved grassland to develop into a rich and thriving mix of wet woodland and grassland and damp scrub. It will create opportunities to bring back species like Turtle Dove and White Storks and provide crucial habitats for new arrivals like Night Herons. - [About Us](https://forestofselwood.org/about-us/): Photo by Maxwell Milligan - [News & Events](https://forestofselwood.org/news-events/): Photo: Bob Gibbons - [Privacy Policy](https://forestofselwood.org/privacy-policy/): Our website address is: https://forestofselwood.org. - [Landmanagers Facilitation Group](https://forestofselwood.org/landmanagers-facilitation-group/): Since 2019 the Forest of Selwood Facilitation Group has brought farmers, landowners and managers together to protect and increase natural capital across the Selwood area, within the headwaters of the Brue, Somerset Frome & Dorset Stour Catchments. The Forest of Selwood Charity is now responsible for managing and expanding the network which currently consists of 40  landholdings covering over 5000 hectares. - [Grasslands](https://forestofselwood.org/grasslands/): With the rivers Frome, Brue and Stour rising within the area and the heavy clay soils of the valleys, it is unsurprising that the most common grassland historically would have been lowland meadows. Much of this grassland would be very wet during the winter with rushes growing in the wet flushes. With agricultural improvement, including land drainage the meadow habitats which remain are very fragmented and species-poor. However, you still can find meadows rich in ladies smock, greater trefoil and yellow with meadow buttercup in early summer. - [Wood pastures and parkland](https://forestofselwood.org/wood-pastures-parkland/): Wood pastures and parkland are part of what makes the quintessential English landscape so unique and beautiful that it is copied around the world. There is strong evidence that wood pastures are the closest habitat to the original wildwood and are the overarching treed habitat. - [Influencing Policy](https://forestofselwood.org/influencing-policy/): FoS EFRA response 5.12.2020 (PDF) - [History](https://forestofselwood.org/history/): The original name for the area we call Forest of Selwood comes from the Anglo-Saxon ‘Sealhwudu’ or Sallow Wood. The Anglo-Saxon chronicles tell us that Sealhwudu stretched from north of Frome down to Shaftesbury and from Bruton to Warminster. The governing elite recognised this area as a nationally important place for hunting. It was one of a few other great hunting forests at the time such as Scirwudu (Sherwood Forest), Hwicciwudu (Forest of Wychwood) and Eardene (Forest of Arden) – places rich in legend and lore. Further confirmation of the specialness of Selwood comes from Asser’s ‘Life of Alfred' - “In the seventh week after Easter, rode to the stone of Egbert, which is in the eastern part of the wood, which is called Selwood, which means in Latin Silva Magna, the Great Wood, but in British Coit-mawr." - [Nature](https://forestofselwood.org/nature/): Climate change, habitat loss, agricultural intensification, woodland management, freshwater pollution, air pollution and urbanisation are all drivers of natural change in England. - [Projects Old](https://forestofselwood.org/projects-old/): In many parts of Britain, the deep history of its people can be read through the old trees in the landscape. - [Rivers & Springs](https://forestofselwood.org/rivers-springs/): The Forest of Selwood greensand ridge aquifers are home to numerous springs feeding the headwaters of five important rivers; the Brue, Cale, Frome, Stour and Wylye. - [Caring for Ancient Trees](https://forestofselwood.org/caring-for-ancient-trees/): Out of sight, it is easy to disregard tree root systems except when they hinder modern machinery. Younger trees are often able to cope with more disturbance. For the few special trees on any farm the following will help them thrive: - [Climate Change](https://forestofselwood.org/climate-change/): Climate change demands new thinking. Nature based solutions – such as the restoration of natural habitats like rivers, forests, wetlands, marshes and the reinstatement of ecological processes like natural succession are one of the most important tools we have to mitigate and adapt to catastrophic climate change - [Partners](https://forestofselwood.org/partners/): If you would like to partner with us, fill out the form below and one of our staff members will get back to you. - [Ancient Tree Heritage](https://forestofselwood.org/ancient-tree-heritage/): Photo by Steven Drewett - [Events & Courses](https://forestofselwood.org/events-courses/): Photo: Max Milligan - [Who We Are](https://forestofselwood.org/who-we-are/): Photo by Bob Gibbons - [Home](https://forestofselwood.org/): Photo by Marcus Woodbridge ## Events - [Soils of Selwood Event](https://forestofselwood.org/events/soils-of-selwood-event/): FWAG SW and the Forest of Selwood group are pleased to invite you to the launch event for the Selwood Facilitation FundThis event will explore how soils underpin the whole landscape and are critical to the future resilience of agriculture and the environment. ## MailPoet Page - [MailPoet Page](https://forestofselwood.org/?mailpoet_page=captcha) - [MailPoet Page](https://forestofselwood.org/?mailpoet_page=subscriptions)