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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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Problems with excessive Traffic and Hit & Run accidents in 2015

Other
February 10th, 2016

Presentment to Verderers Court 10th Feb 2016, by Richard Deacon (shared here with his kind permission) Appleslade Bottom, Linwood – Problems with excessive Traffic and Hit &a...

Fungi Forage Ban on New Forest SSSI and Code of Conduct

Habitat & Landscape Committee
September 17th, 2015

NFA Presentment to September 2015 Verderers Court — The NFA reveal the source of the 1.5kg limit, and the flawed logic that allowed the FC to incorrectly apply this as a dail...

NFA Call to Ban Fungi Picking on the Crown Lands of the New Forest

Habitat & Landscape Committee
July 18th, 2015

Commercial picking on the New Forest is an unacceptable theft from the amenity of the autumn display, and damaging to the habitat. Commercial pickers harvest indiscriminately, taki...

NFA Oppose Application for a Potash Mine in North Yorkshire Moors National Park

Habitat & Landscape Committee
June 25th, 2015

NFA joined with other Nation Park Societies in writing to members of the North Yorkshire Moors NPA who will soon determine the above application. Campaign for National Parks (CNP) ...

NFA lead five walks as part of the New Forest National Park Authority’s 2015 Walking Festival

Other
June 25th, 2015

The NFA will lead the following walks as part of the NPA’s third walking festival: Monday 19th October – Rights of CommonTuesday 20th October – Boats, Trains and BusesFriday ...

We Won! We Won!

Planning & Transport Committee
May 19th, 2015

At the New Forest National Park Authority Development Control meeting this morning the application for old peoples’ flats on the Redmayne site at Brockenhurst was unanimously refus...

NFA Planning committee – Minerals & Waste Pound Bottom – Latest Position

Planning & Transport Committee
April 27th, 2015

The site is heading towards closure and the NFNPA would be unlikely to receive favourably any application to extend operations in any way. Further it is believed the operating comp...

2015 Annual General Meeting: Saturday 18 April 2015

Other
April 18th, 2015

Attentive NFA members listen to Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Chaired by President, Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre, The 148 year old New Forest Association held its 2015 Annual General Meeting ...

Peter Roberts rebuts Anthony Pasmore’s Article Concerning Our Submission to the Independent Panel on Forestry

Other
August 12th, 2011

In the his 5th August 2011 “New Forest Notes” column in the Lymington Times, Anthony Pasmore took exception to the New Forest Association’s submission to the Inde...

Join NFA in Summer Fun

Other
August 9th, 2011

Want to find out more about the New Forest? If so then you’re invited to some free events organised by conservation and campaign body the New Forest Association this summer and aut...

Presentment to The Verderers: NFA Response to the Independent Panel on Forestry

Other
July 20th, 2011

Presentment to The Court of Verderers. Wednesday 20th July 2011Peter Roberts. Chairman. New Forest Association. The New Forest Association asks that the Verderers consider supporti...

NFA Chairman on BBC Radio Solent (link available until 27th July 2011)

Habitat & Landscape Committee
July 20th, 2011

Peter Roberts, the Chairman of the New Forest Association, was interviewed by Julian Clegg on BBC Radio Solent on his Wednesday 20th July 2011 show, explaining the NFA’s call...