Woodlands and community projects from Cumbria and Lancashire have scooped top awards in England's Royal Forestry Society's Excellence in Forestry Awards.
Taking Gold in the 'Small and Farm Woodland Award' is Sawrey Ground Plantation, based near Hawskhead, where horse logging has been used to benefit woodland management.
Owner Gary Primrose says: "For us a multipurpose woodland is not only a much more interesting and delightful place to visit or work in but at Sawrey Ground Plantation we have tried to show that it can be possible to increase biodiversity, enhance the local landscape within the Lake District National Park, maintain public access and promote forest education as well as having a productive wood that is able to meet its costs.
"It is also a living testament to the value of using horses for extraction on difficult sites such as ours."
Meanwhile, taking Gold in the 'Education and Learning Awards' is the Bill Hogarth (MBE) Memorial Apprenticeship Trust (BHMAT), based in Carnforth, which runs an apprenticeship scheme in coppice skills.
Kath Morgan, BHMAT Co-ordinator, said :"We are absolutely delighted to have won this award.
"It's a wonderful acknowledgement of coppicing and its importance in woodland management, of the apprenticeship scheme which has been thoughtfully developed to be the best it can be, of all the people who work with and support the Trust, and of Bill Hogarth, who dedicated his life to coppicing and sharing his skills and knowledge."
Taking Silver in the same award was the Full Cycle project, led by Campaign for National Parks in partnership with the Lake District National Park Authority and Woodmatters.
The project has worked with sixteen disadvantaged young people, helping them develop new skills and self-confidence.
Winners will receive their awards at Lotherton Hall Estate near Leeds on 6 July.