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Frankie Woodgate

How I make it work: A good sense of humour and always having a plan B

The environmental forester and logger, who specialises in sustainable, low-impact management of ancient woodland, keeps four working horses and confesses that she works so hard she hasn’t hada holiday for 20 years

My job…

I’ve worked as an environmental forester and horse logger for the last 27 years, running Weald Woodscapes. I specialise in sustainable, low-impact management of ancient woodland, helping to protect and conserve the area’s unique biodiversity and ecology. I look after all aspects of woodland management, which includes habitat management, selective felling, horsedrawn extraction of timber, control of invasive species and

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