Liz Richardson
Field Station Manager
Field Station Manager, Technical Services Unit
Responsible for managing:
- Teams of research workers at Wykenham and Thetford
- Fieldwork, assessments and experiments on behalf of project leaders across field station area
- Responsible also for all mensuration and crop survey work across England and Wales
TSU provide a wide range of advice and support services to the forestry and environmental sectors as well as scientific staff within Forest Research.
Liz joined the Forestry Commission in 1985 as a YTS Student in Dorset whilst attending Holme Lacey College to gain Cities & Guild phase 1 in Forestry. She progressed to the felling Squad in Penninsula before attending the Scottish School of Forestry in 1989, including a mid-year in North Wales with EFG. After qualifying she went back to Dorset Forest District as an H&M Forester and moved to Surveys Branch in 1994. She moved from Cambridge to Fineshade when Surveys Branch merged with TSU and became Field Station Manager in 2006.