The first major action to begin implementing the woodland management plan was carried out in and around the hazel area near the quarry. In one small area a number of hazels were part felled with pleaching cuts and laid horizontally, in the expectation that new growth would occur all along the length. Some were felled completely, and the brash used to create dead hedges around the area. A main objective is to let more light onto the floor of the woods to encourage new growth. A secondary action below the path in that area was to carry out some ‘halo thinning’ of young beech saplings around selected oaks, again giving them more space and light. This is all part of the long term process of shifting the makeup of the woods from beech plantation to more mixed woodland typical of the Helford river environment.