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INTERIM VERGE WATCH REPORT 2026 by Jo Ivey, Council Member and Sarah Nield, Chair
Recreation Committee

August 10th, 2026

Read below or download the document here 1. INTRODUCTION The New Forest roadside verges are a rich habitat despite their low-key appearance. Just how rich is bring discovered by on...
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Visit to Needs Ore Nature Reserve on 20th August 2026
Given the popularity of our Needs Ore visit last year we are grateful to the Beaulieu estate for giving us permission to visit Needs Ore again. Needs Ore is a nature reserve at the...

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FoNF response to ExxonMobil non-statutory consultation about CO2 pipeline

Planning & Transport Committee
October 3rd, 2024

Our submitted response follows, but we have been advised today (3rd October) that ExxonMobil is abandoning its controversial scheme to build a pipeline from Fawley Refinery across ...

Forestry England Explores Other Revenue Sources

Planning & Transport CommitteeRecreation Committee
April 1st, 2024

This article originally appeared in the 1st April, 2024 edition of the Lymington Tipster / NewMilton AdviceTouter and chances are they won’t cash-in regarding this reprint. L...

Notes: Solent Freeport Background

Planning & Transport Committee
October 20th, 2022

Our statement regarding the Solent Freeport at the New Forest National Park Authority meeting on 20th October 2022 included these Notes and Footnotes for the benefit of the Authori...

Solent Freeport Requires Regard for the New Forest National Park

Planning & Transport Committee
October 20th, 2022

We made this statement regarding the Solent Freeport at the New Forest National Park Authority meeting on 20th October 2022. The Authority agenda included a discussion of the Free...

Declaration from National Parks Movement to Strengthen Protected Landscapes

Planning & Transport Committee
October 19th, 2022

The annual National Parks Societies Conference was held in Snowdonia last week. Recognising the present scale of the nature and climate emergency, the Friends of the New Forest pro...

Announcements & Decisions Verderers Court 17th April 2019

Planning & Transport Committee
April 17th, 2019

This month’s announcements include warnings about dumping garden waste on the Forest as a hazard to the livestock, foals on Forest roads, out of control dogs, pleas to not fe...

NFA Habitat and Landscape 2017-18

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport CommitteeRecreation Committee
April 15th, 2018

Habitat and Landscape Chair, Brian Tarnoff reviews with uncharacteristic brevity the past year on the Forest Design Plan, Recreation Management Strategy and the England Coast Path....

NFA Planning and Transport 2017-18

Planning & Transport CommitteeRecreation Committee
April 14th, 2018

Here Planning and Transport Chair, Graham Baker weighs in, with some frustrations, over the past year, full of mounting concerns of increased pressure on the Forest. Part of our se...

NFA Council and Trustees 2017-18

Planning & Transport CommitteeRecreation Committee
April 11th, 2018

With our AGM fast approaching on Saturday 21st April 2018, this and next week we’ll feature our annual reports. NFA Chair John Ward reports on the work of our council and tru...

DEVELOPMENT THREAT TO THE NEW FOREST

Planning & Transport Committee
February 23rd, 2018

DEVELOPMENT THREAT TO THE NEW FOREST – URGENT Please help us to help the New Forest. Your action is needed now! Friends of the New Forest (New Forest Association) is urging our mem...

NFA Comment on Dibden Bay

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
October 28th, 2016

The perennial threat of development of Dibden Bay by Associated British Ports (ABP) for a container port appears to be back on the table according to stories yesterday from both th...

Fracking the Forest?

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
October 10th, 2016

With the Government taking the decision on fracking away from Lancashire County Council on 6th October 2016, this brief review of our position and the possibility of hydraul...

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