Temporary infrastructure Innovation Fund A lack of access can hamper the management of woodlands and the extraction of timber. Find out how you can apply for funding to test your innovative idea for using temporary roading, bridges, log chutes and other equipment to access and improve hard to reach vulnerable woodlands. From: Contents About the Innovation Fund The aim of Woods into Management (WIM), as part of government’s Nature for Climate Fund, is to encourage and broaden innovation in forestry that results in improved ecological condition of existing woodlands. Lack of vehicular access is often a constraint on operations designed to improve the condition of neglected, under managed or degraded woodland. The installation of permanent vehicular access infrastructure, for which existing grant aid may be available, is frequently prohibitively uneconomic, considering the volumes of timber likely to be mobilised, or inappropriate for crossing non-woodland areas. It has been suggested that the development of novel techniques or temporary roading systems suitable for woodland situations, materials and machinery may be needed. Several temporary roading systems have been developed for military and civilian application but it is not clear how these perform in woodland settings.