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Because of its history and its timber forest logging for more than 300 years, the Bertranges national forest harbours natural treasures that we may discover walking the roads of that 7600 hectares forest.

Bois aux Merles once depended on the Chatellenie of Nevers. This forest, located on Sauvigny-les-Bois municipality, is now a private forest except the septentrional part of the forest massif (cut n° 1) which is part of the Amognes national forest.

In the light of the tragedy of the massive fire at Notre-Dame cathedral and after the destruction of more than two thirds of its framing, pledges are being multiplied in France and around the world.

The Mathurin Méheut Museum (Côtes d’Armor) presents, from April 6, 2019 to January 4, 2020, a thematic exhibition on the undergrowth and forest studies the naturalist painter realized for the french publisher Albert Lévy.

It's not a coincidence that Groupe Charlois has ordered Sève (Sap) from La Cabane Perchée®. This œuvre d’art, symbolizing the tree and its nutrient fluid, enhances the "land art" promenade currently being created in the heart of the Bertranges, as a tribute to the forest and to the crafts with strong know-how associated.

The twenty-third postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a woman harvesting mistletoe in the forest of Bertranges. Mistletoe is a hemiparasite clorofilliana plant growing on trees and shrubs.

Mauboux, Charmée de Nion and Grand Ratilly forests once depended on the Châtellenie of Montenoison, belonging to the Counts, then to the Dukes of Nevers.

The twenty-second postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts around fifteen loggers on their way back home after their hard day’s work in the cuts of the forest of Bertranges.

Surgy forest once depended on the Châtellenie of Clamecy, belonging to the Counts, then to the Dukes of Nevers since the XIe century.

The twenty-first postcard of the series “The Forest in Nivernais” depicts a man and a woman making bundles of wood in the forest of Bertranges.

Forests of Compierre, « Mont-Maçon » (Montmasson) and Champallement once depended on the châtellenie of Champallement. Located on Champallement municipality, those former ducal forests are now private forests.

This publication – one of the most beautiful ever published about wood – gathers a collection of engravings of European and exotic hand coloured wood samples.