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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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Recreation Management: Summary of Our 2017 Response

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
June 25th, 2018

A summary comparison of our 2017 response to the draft “Actions” proposed by NFNPA in the 2018 survey. For last year’s Future Forest survey, we sidestepped the survey ...

NFNPA Public Questions: Recreation Management Strategy

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
June 15th, 2018

We continue to welcome the opportunity presented by the review of the RMS, but are underwhelmed by the process and proposals. I wouldn’t belabour the deficiencies of last year’s on...

Recreation Management: An Overview

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
June 8th, 2018

Last year the New Forest National Park Authority launched a review of the Recreation Management Strategy (RMS), its core policy document for Recreation. With over 60 action points...

Presentment: Recreation Management Strategy : May

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 16th, 2018

At January’s Court, I asked you to take with a blood pressure threatening portion of salt, the results of last year’s online RMS survey, which by its own terms made no attempt to g...

England Coast Path: What can I do about it?

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 7th, 2018

We suggest some representations you might wish to make. And discuss how the format of the consultation is restrictive. In the run up to the end of the consultation on the Highclif...

England Coast Path: Not A Whitewash (Magenta, Actually)

Habitat & Landscape Committee
May 7th, 2018

The Ordnance Survey’s Rubberstamping of a Bad Idea In the early days of the England Coast Path project, the Ordnance Survey were tasked with the depicting the ECP as a new Na...

England Coast Path: MisGuidance

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 7th, 2018

Natural England’s Playbook for Coastal Access has problems. The least of which is its ignorance of National Parks. The Coastal Access Scheme 2010 / 2013 This guidance docume...

England Coast Path: Out of Order

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 7th, 2018

Coastal Margin, One of the worst features of the Coast Path framework was not consulted on publicly. It’s not even defined in the Act itself. As though some inherent, receiv...

England Coast Path: What you need to know

CommoningHabitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 6th, 2018

The consultation on the Highcliffe to Calshot stretch of the England Coast Path closes on Wednesday 9th May. We’ve been discussing the possible negative impacts of the propo...

CDA Letter to Members Relating to Localised Excessive Poaching

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
May 4th, 2018

This letter was written by New Forest Commoners Defence Association Chair Tony Hockley to CDA members, following concerns during the wet winter of 2017-2018. Dear Member You should...

Guest Post: High Level Stewardship AGM 2018 — Official Verderer

Other
April 25th, 2018

The New Forest HLS is England’s largest environmental improvement scheme, launched in 2010. The scheme is managed through a formal partnership between the relevant statutory...

WANTED – Help to run this important New Forest charity

Other
April 23rd, 2018

We value the special qualities of the Forest and seek to promote and protect them as the only all-inclusive organisation promoting its well-being. We campaign against threats and e...