Dunnet Forest Explained

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Dunnet Forest in Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland, is the most northerly community woodland on the UK mainland, and has been managed since 2003 by Dunnet Forestry Trust.

The forest was planted by the Forestry Commission in the mid-1950s, and later transferred to Scottish Natural Heritage.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Krachler . Regina . Krachler . Rudolf F. . Wallner . Gabriele . Steier . Peter . El Abiead . Yasin . Wiesinger . Hubert . Jirsa . Franz . Keppler . Bernhard K. . Sphagnum-dominated bog systems are highly effective yet variable sources of bio-available iron to marine waters . Science of the Total Environment . June 2016 . 556 . 53–62 . 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.012. free . 26971209 . 2016ScTEn.556...53K .