Coppicing is a process of felling trees at their base to create a stool where new shoots will grow. Thinning involves taking about 30% of the trees out of woodland over a 10-year period to ...

It can also be used for keeping trees trimmed to a fixed height. Coppicing involves pruning growth back to, or near, ground level in winter and is used for coloured willow and hazel varieties.

artificial food caches and by selectively cutting trees, known as coppicing. Ian Phillips, an ecologist who has helped lead the river restoration project over three years, said it "feels like it ...