When influential historian and ecologist Oliver Rackham died suddenly in 2015, he left behind several fascinating studies that were unpublished, incomplete and vulnerable to loss – until now.The UK's largest woodland conservation charity, the Woodland Trust, has successfully brought to publication his book, The Ancient Woods of the Helford River - documenting his long-term study of the Lizard Peninsula.  Paula Keen, a senior outreach advisor at the trust, led an editing team consisting of Oliver's old friends Dr David Morfitt and Simon Leatherdale, with the full cooperation of Corpus Christi College, Dr Jennifer Moody and with help from Susan Ranson. The trust also ran a campaign with the public to raise the funds to get the journal published.