The country would be better off without a single tree than these plantations considering the harm they do. It’s a crime they’re being planted around the country, genuinely depressing.
They may not be doing our fisheries any good either.
I grew up in Leitrim, where a river divided our farm in two. It has its origins higher up on the mountain and had reached a reasonable size and depth by the time it got as far as us, with a lovely pebbly bottom and lots of shade. Trout fishing was quite good in it all those years ago but then silage and slurry got the blame for a reduction in fish stocks.
No proper studies were ever conducted as it was a small, insignificant river in the greater scheme of things.
Silage making started in the area in the early to mid seventies, not long after a large swathe of land higher up had been planted. By the mid eighties the silage trend had shifted from clamps of silage to bales. Very shortly after that there was not a single full time farmer left in the entire area and it has remained like that for the last thirty odd years. There is practically no pollution from farming anywhere along the river basin and yet the fish stocks have depleted faster than ever in the last twenty years.
Oh look, another reason to replace these scars on the land.
Still being incentivised mind.
Less non native trees, more pine martens please
No shit
‘May’ harm my arse, those plantations absolutely do cause harm. They’re utterly devoid of life when you walk through them.
Ireland is properly properly ecologically fucked. And the government is pretending it’s all fine and just ploughing on ahead.
As a perfect example – Donegal just about supports 3 breeding pairs of golden eagle, although generally between them they usually only manage to fledge 1 or 2 chicks annually. The county alone should have at least 30 pairs.
The description of the Greens as Fine Gael on bikes is perfect. What the fuck have they actually done for conservation?
They’re basically deserts\baron
We have a Green Party in government- are they planning on doing anything about this shite?
Man I don’t think I’ve seen a red squirrel more than once in Ireland In my life.
11 comments
Those plantations are a fucking blight.
The country would be better off without a single tree than these plantations considering the harm they do. It’s a crime they’re being planted around the country, genuinely depressing.
They may not be doing our fisheries any good either.
I grew up in Leitrim, where a river divided our farm in two. It has its origins higher up on the mountain and had reached a reasonable size and depth by the time it got as far as us, with a lovely pebbly bottom and lots of shade. Trout fishing was quite good in it all those years ago but then silage and slurry got the blame for a reduction in fish stocks.
No proper studies were ever conducted as it was a small, insignificant river in the greater scheme of things.
Silage making started in the area in the early to mid seventies, not long after a large swathe of land higher up had been planted. By the mid eighties the silage trend had shifted from clamps of silage to bales. Very shortly after that there was not a single full time farmer left in the entire area and it has remained like that for the last thirty odd years. There is practically no pollution from farming anywhere along the river basin and yet the fish stocks have depleted faster than ever in the last twenty years.
https://www.swanireland.ie/threats-to-our-waters/forestry
Oh look, another reason to replace these scars on the land.
Still being incentivised mind.
Less non native trees, more pine martens please
No shit
‘May’ harm my arse, those plantations absolutely do cause harm. They’re utterly devoid of life when you walk through them.
Ireland is properly properly ecologically fucked. And the government is pretending it’s all fine and just ploughing on ahead.
As a perfect example – Donegal just about supports 3 breeding pairs of golden eagle, although generally between them they usually only manage to fledge 1 or 2 chicks annually. The county alone should have at least 30 pairs.
The description of the Greens as Fine Gael on bikes is perfect. What the fuck have they actually done for conservation?
They’re basically deserts\baron
We have a Green Party in government- are they planning on doing anything about this shite?
Man I don’t think I’ve seen a red squirrel more than once in Ireland In my life.