New cases of Ash dieback Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Telford & Wrekin Council and the Forestry Commission have instigated a plan to remove ash saplings from the new Dawley Learning Community site following a confirmed case of ash dieback.
The case in Dawley is at the site within the newly planted landscape scheme where the replacement for the Phoenix School is being built.
It has been found in a group of trees that were sourced by the main earthworks contractor Birse Civils Ltd from a nursery in Lincolnshire and planted 12 months ago.
Advice issued to stop spread of ash dieback disease
Fears for ash trees in the Midlands Credit: ITV CentralThe National Forest has issued advice to stop ash dieback spreading Credit: ITV CentralOutbreaks have already been confirmed in parts of Shropshire, Worcestershire and in the East Midlands Credit: ITV CentralThe younger the ash, the more susceptible it is to the disease Credit: ITV Central
Action being taken to prevent disease hitting National Forest ash trees
With ash die-back disease now in the Midlands, staff at The National Forest are issuing precautions to people visiting the woodland across three counties.
So far, the Forest is free of the disease, but it has been found in Shropshire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire and elsewhere in Leicestershire.
Forestry staff at The National Forest are issuing precautions to people visiting the 200 square miles of woodland across Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
The Forest is so far free of ash die-back but it has already been found in Shropshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
The CEO of the National Forest, Sophie Churchill, is urging people to wash shoes and boots when returning from walking in the woods.
There are more than a million ash trees in the Forest and any infection could be devastating, especially as the forest has only been established for twenty years.There's more information at www.forestry.gov.uk
The disease that some people fear could wipe out most of our country's ash trees, has now been found in four parts of the Midlands. Ash dieback has today been officially confirmed in Shropshire.
And a nursery in Warwickshire has revealed that the disease has been confirmed in one of its saplings. It's already been detected near Leicester and in north Lincolnshire.
