Natural England has been seeking 400 voluntary redundancies and early retirements amongst its staff - and has had, in round terms, about 300 offers. So it is looking for another 100 non-voluntary job cuts.
This is from a staff of about 2400. And the next few years will see another 400 jobs go - the consequences of c30% cuts in money from government.
No-one has suggested chopping down 30% of England's forests - it's just not on the cards.
Are the cuts at NE just dead wood? - I don't think so, and anyway, dead wood is valuable ecologically.
A love of the natural world demonstrates that a person is a cultured inhabitant of planet Earth.
Don't worry they will all get jobs with wind farm companies!! Even though the final report written by the wind farm company is nothing what these experts would have found. A great example came from Scotland recently where Golden Eagles were being killed by shooting estates. When the wind farm was granted permission the report claimed that due to no breeding Golden eagles in the area there was no threat to the species!!