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FIRE AT BRATLEY/BACKLEY/A31 AUGUST 2026
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August 17th, 2026

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Pine Martens in the New Forest
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Shobley Encroachment: a statement from the New Forest Commoners Defense Association

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
July 25th, 2023

We support the NFCDA in their battle against illegal encroachment on Common Land. This guest post was announced today at the New Forest Show by NFCDA Chair Andrew Parry-Norton. Thi...

Public Spaces Protection Orders And The New Forest

CommoningRecreation Committee
December 6th, 2022

New Forest District Council has sent two draft Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) , which we broadly support, for public consultation. The first to ban the lighting of fires a...

NFDC Cabinet Advances Prohibitions on Forest Pony Feeding and Barbecues to Consultation

CommoningRecreation Committee
November 11th, 2022

New Forest District Council has sent two draft Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) for the Forest to address fires, barbecues, pony feeding and petting to public consultation whi...

Verderers Announcements & Decisions : Dogs, Brambles, Fees & New Verderers

CommoningHabitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
October 19th, 2022

This month’s announcements include the management and importance of brambles, controlling dogs in bird nesting season, pleas to not feed livestock, marking fees, and the appo...

Tender for the operator of New Forest campsites: Our Letter to Forestry England

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
June 28th, 2022

We were greatly heartened by the news that Forestry England and Forestry and Land Scotland had purchased Camping in the Forest (CiTF) from The Camping and Caravanning Club, because...

Chris Packham Pushes For Unicorn Rewilding in the New Forest

CommoningHabitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
March 31st, 2019

This article originally appeared in the 1st April, 2019 edition of the Lymington Tomes / Miltonian Adverteaser and is reprinted without any regard to their permission. Miltonian Ad...

Rewilding The New Forest?

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
February 25th, 2019

The growl of a large grizzly bear filled the hall at Lyndhurst Community Centre and the audience of two hundred people gasped. As curtains drew back and they were confronted with a...

Verderers response to BBC Inside Out South

Commoning
January 30th, 2019

This is the Verderers of the New Forest Press Release in response to claims made on a segment of BBC’s Inside Out South aired on Monday, 28th January, 2019. It is a great sha...

Forestry Commission response to BBC Inside Out South

Commoning
January 30th, 2019

This is the Forestry Commission Press Release in response to claims made on a segment of BBC’s Inside Out South aired on Monday, 28th January, 2019. Deputy Surveyor for the N...

Our Chair Responds to BBC Inside Out Allegations

Commoning
January 29th, 2019

Drawing conclusions from a snapshot view of the New Forest is often risky for a place that evolves and fluctuates over long periods of time.

Verderer’s Announcements and Decisions September 2018

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
September 19th, 2018

This month’s announcements include warnings about dumping apples and garden waste on the Forest as a hazard to the livestock, the upcoming Verderers Election, positive change...

A Year In The New Forest — telly doc review

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
July 28th, 2018

It may be difficult to quantify why Channel 4’s new documentary series A Year In The Forest is such a uniquely rich and well observed celebration of what makes our Forest so ...

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