Countryside Management Service

We have a number of leafleted walks that are aimed at beginners or those walking specifically to improve their health. Find one in your area and give it a go.

The Countryside Management Service (CMS) has been working with communities in Hertfordshire for 30 years, helping them to care for and enjoy the environment.

Pollard information board
Pollards and Poplars update
Marking the completion of a successful project of tree surgery and tree planting, the Pollards and Poplars Interpretation boards were installed recently along the Stort Valley.

silent the clydesdale horse pulling logs Silently does it
On a Saturday in February the CMS and Three Rivers District Council held an open day in Carpenters Wood in Chorleywood. Local people flocked to see Silent, a Clydesdale horse working in the Wood.

cdu volunteers Volunteers brave the cold
Willing volunteers from Hertfordshire County Council's County Development Unit braved freezing temperatures to join CMS and Welwyn Hatfield Council ranger Jane Worall at Northaw Great Wood, nr Cuffley for a day of practical woodland work. They spent the day coppicing small trees to open up shady ride edges which will allow Jane to access the rides with a mower.

wood wardens taster Wooden it be great to be a Warden...?
The Countryside Management Service (CMS) is inviting volunteers to team up with the Wood Wardens at Broxbourne Woods - Hertfordshire’s only National Nature Reserve - on November 11.

Download and view the Spring 2008 CMS Newsletter (pdf, 1.56mb)

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