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

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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New Forest Car Parking Charges and Verge Watch

We are expecting charges in Forestry England car parks to be introduced from 20th April 2026, although we are still awaiting final confirmation and there is no public annoucment as...
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Final Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest

Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest By Sarah Nield, Chair of the New Forest Association (Charity No 260328) and Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Southampton...
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Byelaw Watch 2024: Call For Volunteers

We need your help again! In August 2022 we conducted the first Byelaw Watch which recorded over 4,500 breaches of the most significant Forestry Commission and Verderer Byelaws, som...
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Byelaw Watch Report 2022

The FoNF 2022 Byelaw Watch Report has been published. With grateful thanks to the volunteers who contributed to this with their ‘eyes in the Forest’ And those who compi...
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Byelaws Watch Survey – Preliminary Findings

Friends of the New Forest made a presentment to the Court of Verderers at their meeting on 21st February in order to provide some feedback on findings from this 2022 survey, which ...
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Update On Byelaw Watch 2022

With just under one week to go of the August Free Range Byelaw Watch here is a quick update of the outcome up to 15th August 2022. We have received 180 responses by 65 or so volunt...
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Byelaws Watch Survey 2022

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The New Forest is in theory protected by byelaws that aim to conserve the Forest, preserve its tranquillity, and regulate recreational use – the Forestry Commis...
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Damaging and Illegal Activities Revealed in the New Forest

1,100 reports of litter and dog mess 550 reports of cyclists away from designated tracks 500+ reports of cars parked on open forest verges away from car parks 50 reports of livesto...
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2021 New Forest Byelaw Watch

The 2022 Byelaw Watch is HERE The New Forest is in theory protected by byelaws that aim to conserve the forest, preserve its tranquillity, and regulate recreational use. However, t...
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The Power of the Press?

A Saturday article in the Daily Telegraph extolling walking in the New Forest and suggesting some Forest honeypots to visit, school half term, a dry, if not sunny, Sunday in Octobe...
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Recreation Management and the Special Qualities of the New Forest

Life in the Forest been very much a year of two different halves with Covid19. Initially with Lockdown in force the Forest was unusually quiet and undisturbed, with breeding wildli...
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