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Troserch woods are now back in public ownership. This neck of ancient woodland, up the Morlais River from Llangennech, was first acquired for the nation by the Forestry Commission in the 1950s, then stripped of its native trees and replanted with softwood conifers. In the early 1990s it was sold off to private investors, partially felled, and then reopened to the public in return for grants. Early in 2006, with the 10-year access agreement coming to an end, the woods were up for sale again. On September 29th, after a six-month campaign and thanks to a grant from Cyd Coed (the Forestry Commission in Wales) the woods were bought back for the community. Troserch Woodlands Society, set up in April 2006 now has well over 200 members and in October nearly 100 people joined a walkabout organised with Llanelli Ramblers and Llangennech Community Council to celebrate the ‘reopening’ of the woods.

Now we’ve got the woods, we’ve got to decide what to do with them: how to make the best of this beautiful, unspoiled river valley for human beings and other animals. What sort of public access and amenity do we want? How best to foster wildlife and manage the regeneration of a more natural broadleaved mix? How much of the conifer plantations to fell, how much to thin? Or would we be better to leave it to time and nature, as old trees die or get blown down? Do we want a wildish wood, or a smoothish park? To consider these questions, we hope to arrange a wider consultation in the New Year, so more people can consider the issues before the AGM in May.