Alasdair Fagan Email & Phone Number

North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Delivery of woodland creation schemes through the Woodland Trust's Northern Forest DEFRA funded grant scheme 'Grow Back Greener'. Working with and supporting a range of landowners, estates, business and private finance to design and create new native woodland with a focus on the buffering and extension of Ancient Woodland, Natural Regeneration and including more traditional woodland creation.Line management of two colleagues.Strategic input into the Northern Forest programme and… Show more Delivery of woodland creation schemes through the Woodland Trust's Northern Forest DEFRA funded grant scheme 'Grow Back Greener'. Working with and supporting a range of landowners, estates, business and private finance to design and create new native woodland with a focus on the buffering and extension of Ancient Woodland, Natural Regeneration and including more traditional woodland creation.Line management of two colleagues.Strategic input into the Northern Forest programme and the Woodland Trust's activities in the North of England.Development of partnerships.Representing the Trust on Steering Groups and in Strategic Planning Meetings.Delivery of regional and partnership projects. Show less

North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire

Helmsley, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

As Woodland Creation Officer for the North York Moors National Park Authority I administer and manage a considerable woodland creation grant budget with a primary focus of offsetting the Carbon produced as a result of the construction of a new Polyhalite Mine by creating native, broadleaved woodland within the National Park. The role includes working with landowners, land agents, estate owners and partnership organisations (such as the Forestry Commission and Woodland Trust) amongst… Show more As Woodland Creation Officer for the North York Moors National Park Authority I administer and manage a considerable woodland creation grant budget with a primary focus of offsetting the Carbon produced as a result of the construction of a new Polyhalite Mine by creating native, broadleaved woodland within the National Park. The role includes working with landowners, land agents, estate owners and partnership organisations (such as the Forestry Commission and Woodland Trust) amongst other stakeholders to develop and implement ambitious but achievable woodland creation targets within the North York Moors National Park.Additionally, after identifying a lack in the availability of local provenance (FC zone 401) trees available I am currently in the process of setting up a long term volunteer tree seed collection project in partnership with local tree nurseries to provide locally sourced trees for future projects.In May 2018 I became the representative for the North York Moors National Park Authority to the Society of National Park Staff. Show less

Acrum, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders

Administering of the Borders Tree Planting Grant including; liaising with landowners, community groups and the farming community, managing a grant budget, offering advice for woodland planting projects in both upland and lowland environments, conducting site visits and assisting applicants with access to grant funding.Practical management and surveying of woodland sites including; Visual surveys and recording for Phytophthora ramorum in larch, Chalara in Ash, general tree health surveys… Show more Administering of the Borders Tree Planting Grant including; liaising with landowners, community groups and the farming community, managing a grant budget, offering advice for woodland planting projects in both upland and lowland environments, conducting site visits and assisting applicants with access to grant funding.Practical management and surveying of woodland sites including; Visual surveys and recording for Phytophthora ramorum in larch, Chalara in Ash, general tree health surveys (often of large upland woodland planting projects of over 100,000 trees), Fence checking, identification of management actions required on a site specific basis.During this role i successfully completed training courses in strimming and grass cutting, ATV driving, various ecology courses, woodland history conferences, PA1 and PA6AW and remote first aid. In July 2015 I undertook a contract working alongside Kew Gardens' Millenium Tree Seed Project Partnership as the lead officer in the collection of 330,000 viable native tree seeds across Forestry Commission seed provenance zone 204. This project was focused on the collection of tree seeds with community and volunteer groups across South East Scotland and an extensive stretch of the North Eastern English Coast.In November 2015 my contract was upgraded from part-time to full time and was amended to include the management, surveying and coordination of work on around 30 woodland sites across the Scottish Borders, in addition to my previously mentioned responsibilities. This amounted to around 3,700 Hectares and included the coordination and management of existing woodlands and the management of large upland new native woodland planting projects (of up to 200-300 Hectares). Show less

Cheshire And North Wales

During this traineeship I received training in/assisted with; woodland condition assessments, rapid habitat assessments of raised lowland bogs, woodland wildflowers plant identification, coastal plant identification, grassland rapid habitat assessments, use of the NVC, volunteer management, leadership development, charcoal production, writing of felling licenses and making the appropriate timber measurements and calculations, wildlife friendly gardening projects, visitor information surveys and… Show more During this traineeship I received training in/assisted with; woodland condition assessments, rapid habitat assessments of raised lowland bogs, woodland wildflowers plant identification, coastal plant identification, grassland rapid habitat assessments, use of the NVC, volunteer management, leadership development, charcoal production, writing of felling licenses and making the appropriate timber measurements and calculations, wildlife friendly gardening projects, visitor information surveys and observations, plant conservation (including common juniper, Isle of Man cabbage and limestone woundwort), natterjack toad population monitoring, I organised and hosted a vegetation mapping workshop for recording professionals and have developed and provided a 'bee hotel' building workshop with children. Show less

North York Moors National Park Authority

As a Conservation Graduate within the North York Moors National Park Authority i worked on a variety of current conservation issues throughout the park, utilising both field and desk based skills (including extensive use of MapInfo professional GIS). These included but are not limited to; Assessment of mature juniper populations and previous restoration projects, PAWS (Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site) project assessments, Veteran and Ancient Tree Surveying and assessment, the identification… Show more As a Conservation Graduate within the North York Moors National Park Authority i worked on a variety of current conservation issues throughout the park, utilising both field and desk based skills (including extensive use of MapInfo professional GIS). These included but are not limited to; Assessment of mature juniper populations and previous restoration projects, PAWS (Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site) project assessments, Veteran and Ancient Tree Surveying and assessment, the identification of potential Ark sites for the critically endangered native White Clawed Crayfish (Both native White clawed crayfish and invasive American Signal crayfish).For Additional Information please refer to the Blog for the Conservation Department at the North York Moors National Park Authority where you will find some of my personal blog posts;http://northyorkmoorsnationalpark.wordpress.com/ Show less

Leeds

As described below (See 'Education')

Hull, United Kingdom

Training and playing at a semi-professional standard whilst in my final year of undergraduate study dictated that i had to engage in efficient management of deadlines whilst participating at a high level of competitive sport.

Scunthorpe

During my time at The Range i actively engaged with and assisted customers, recieving training in money handling and the use of tills.In addition i worked within the furniture, seasonal and garden sectors of the branch, providing me with a varied skill set and the ability to effectively work in a team based environment, liaise between departments, work under pressure and meet assigned targets.

Master Of Science (Msc), Biodiversity And Conservation, Merit (65%)

Activities and Societies: A member of the Faculty of Biological Sciences Society Played for the Faculty of Biological Society's Intermural.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Zoology, 2:1 (Hons)

Activities and Societies: Zoological Society, Rugby Union Mens 1st Team (Vice Captain) Course Modules: First Year; Introductory.

A Level, Biology, Physics, Fine Art, General Studies, As Applied Science, As Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Captain of the Rugby team. Volunteer Rugby Coach in schools, working with children of ages 8-15. Gaining.

13 Gcses, A*-B