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Guest Post: Dog Fouling on the Forest

Other
September 16th, 2026

Highlighting the issue of dog fouling, we feature this guest statement by Jim Greenwood, given as a Presentment to the September 2026 Verderers Court

FIRE AT BRATLEY/BACKLEY/A31 AUGUST 2026

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeOther
August 17th, 2026

An article by Clive Chatters in response to the fire.

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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...

£7.50

Book ticket

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...

£7.50

Book ticket

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...

£7.50

Book ticket

Maldwin Drummond OBE 1932-2017

Other
March 1st, 2017

It is with sadness that we record the death of Maldwin Drummond on Saturday 18th February. The official notice of his death reads: Maldwin Andrew Cyril died peacefully on 18th Febr...

What Future for the New Forest?

Other
February 9th, 2017

2017 will be a year of celebration for the New Forest Association marking our 150th anniversary, but is also a time for reflection on the present day state of the New Forest, its f...

Schools Project Competition – £1,000 PRIZE

Other
February 8th, 2017

It is today’s young people who will need to solve many problems if the New Forest is to survive and prosper for the benefit and enjoyment of their own and later generations. But to...

Latest Improvements to NFA Map

Other
February 3rd, 2017

The multi layered NFA map of the New Forest has been improved and now includes the 400 metre zone around the Special Protection Areas, Forest access points and heat maps around tho...

NFA guides Friends of Brockenhurst’s comments on PegasusLife’s appeal for 24 dwellings at Watersplash Hotel, Brockenhurst

Other
January 31st, 2017

Friends of Brockenhurst’s comment, which was developed in association with NFA can be seen in full at here. The site in within the defined village and comments centred on clo...

NFA Objects to PegasusLife’s application for 84 dwellings at Lyndhurst Park Hotel

January 31st, 2017

NFA’s objection can be seen in full here. Comments covered extent of previously developed land (pdl) on site, proximity to New Forest Special Protection Area, lack of afford...

NFA objects to One Dwelling from Two obtained by Unauthorised Means at Portmore

January 31st, 2017

NFA comments can be seen here. Comments concentrate on principle of no gain from unauthorised-use dwellings and the type of dwelling proposed.

“Look, Don’t Pick” – The Arguments

Habitat & Landscape Committee
December 4th, 2016

Over the months since the Forestry Commission announced their “Look, Don’t Pick” Policy for Fungi on The New Forest SSSI on the Crown Lands under their stewardshi...

The Wild Trout Trust and New Forest River Restorations

Habitat & Landscape Committee
December 4th, 2016

For some perspective on some of the issues raised by river restorations we contacted the Wild Trout Trust, themselves deliverers or partners in many river restoration projects addr...

Chalara Ash Dieback Reaches The New Forest

Habitat & Landscape Committee
December 1st, 2016

At tonight’s Consultative Panel, the Deputy Surveyor announced the first laboratory confirmed case of ash dieback within the New Forest National Park. This was discovered in...

Saving the New Forest – Book Launch

Other
November 26th, 2016

A new book describing the history of the New Forest Association written by local historian Peter Roberts was launched at the New Forest Centre recently. ‘Saving the New Forest: New...

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...