Lael Forest Working plan 1962
The Plan is courtesy of Inverness Ross and Skye Forest District and features a working plan most likely written out by David Paterson who was the District Officer for the area at this period.
The working plan follows the Forestry Commission format of 26 sections covering Location, Geology, History through to Staff, Housing, Annual Reports and Forest Potential and Courses of Action (See the attached PDF - symbol to bottom right of image).
The first land was acquired in 1929 with other areas added in modest quantities up until 1977 which by then totalled around 3500 acres.
Staff named in section 19 are as follows;
Conservators – J Fraser, J A Dickson, H A Maxwell
Divisional Officers – F Scott, J Fraser, D S Spraggan, A Watt, J T Fitzherbert, J A Dickson, R A Innes
District officers – J A K Meldrum, F Oliver, T A Robbie, A M Fraser, R G Richards, R A Innes, D Graham- Campbell, I A D Grant, D Macleod, G Taylor, D Paterson, F M Macrae.
Foresters – R Murray, K MacKay, D J Macrae. H Macrae, J B Auld and foreman W Macleod
There were 17 workers on the payroll in 1961 of which 5 were in Forest Worker Holdings.
There are descriptions of Lael Forest Garden with its wide range of species and also the large tree experimental area at Braemore (see large image).
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