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FIRE AT BRATLEY/BACKLEY/A31 AUGUST 2026

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeOther
August 17th, 2026

An article by Clive Chatters in response to the fire.

August 2026

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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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New Forest Car Parking Charges and Verge Watch

Recreation Committee
April 16th, 2026

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...

Final Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest

Recreation Committee
March 31st, 2026

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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29th September 2026

– 7.30pm

Pine Martens in the New Forest

Marcus, Director of Wild New Forest Guided Tours, will be giving a fascinating talk exploring the lives of Pine Martens in the New Forest. For more than a decade, Marcus has been s...

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20th October 2026

– 7.30pm

New Forest Ponies – a breed apart

Suzanne Kemp has lived in the New Forest for the last thirty years, is a practising first generation Commoner, and has judged ponies in Finland and Sweden as well as the UK, she al...

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24th November 2026

– 7.30pm

Climate Change and the New Forest

John Stride is the Net Zero with Nature Programme Manager for the New Forest National Park Authority and will be giving a fascinating, informative, and timely talk on climate chang...

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Cables Buried At Buckland Rings

Planning & Transport Committee
October 6th, 2016

There…. Buckland Rings is an Iron Age Hillfort (and modern day informal BMX track) situated on the National Park’s border with Lymington. To its south and east ra...

The Forestry Commission’s New Forest Fungi Policy

Habitat & Landscape Committee
September 29th, 2016

The New Forest Association are pleased that the Forestry Commission are implementing a “Look, Don’t Pick” rule regarding fungi foraging on the New Forest Site of ...

Material World

Planning & Transport Committee
September 23rd, 2016

One concern I think we all share about the Latchmore Brook project is the transport of the infill materials. This is due to cause a certain amount disturbance and inconvenien...

Presentment: Latchmore Brook: Part 2: Wildlife, Materials and Beauty

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 21st, 2016

In a feat of both irony, and good timing thematically, the presenter met the five minute limit for Presentments, and was cut short. The first part was an apology from the New Fores...

Presentment: Latchmore Brook: Part 1: An Apology

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 21st, 2016

As the Latchmore Brook planning application may be decided before the next month’s Verderers Court. The NFA find that we owe everyone an apology. We’ve never made...

Deputy Surveyor: Stream Restoration and Fish

Habitat & Landscape Committee
September 21st, 2016

At September’s Verderers Court, the Deputy Surveyor, Bruce Rothnie used his optional Presentment slot to discuss Stream Restoration’s potential benefits and impacts on ...

Verderers View: Dog Attacks / Presentments

Other
September 21st, 2016

At September’s Verderers Court, in his Announcements and Decisions, the Official Verderer, Dominic May, spoke of a recent successfully prosecuted dog attack, and affirmed the...

Verderers View: Leaving The EU: The Implication For Higher Level Stewardship Funding

Habitat & Landscape Committee
September 21st, 2016

At September’s Verderers Court, in his Announcements and Decisions, the Official Verderer, Dominic May, updated the Court on the fate of funding for High Level Stewardship, p...

Rumour, Wishful Thinking, or Fiction?

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 20th, 2016

On August 30th, The Friends of Latchmore issued a press release. It spoke of an independent review which would cause the Forestry Commission to immediately withdraw the plann...

Fact Checking Our Friends

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 19th, 2016

The Friends of Latchmore have created a Crowdjustice crowd funding page to fund future legal challenges to the restoration project at Latchmore Brook. It contains some of the...

The New Forest Association support the Latchmore Brook Restoration

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 2nd, 2016

The New Forest Association has been following the progress of stream restoration work done by the Forestry Commission carefully over the years. The Association backed the first of ...

Brexit and The Forest

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
July 20th, 2016

NFA Presentment for the Verderers Court 20th July 2016 However we feel about the Brexit referendum, its aftermath has introduced a vast array of uncertainty, including many element...