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

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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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Beaver and the New Forest

Habitat & Landscape Committee
November 25th, 2024

This note records the outcome of discussions by the Habitats and Landscape Committee of the New Forest Association to consider the possible consequences of Beaver Castor fiber beco...

Forestry England Explores Other Revenue Sources

Planning & Transport CommitteeRecreation Committee
April 1st, 2024

This article originally appeared in the 1st April, 2024 edition of the Lymington Tipster / NewMilton AdviceTouter and chances are they won’t cash-in regarding this reprint. L...

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...

Notes: Solent Freeport Background

Planning & Transport Committee
October 20th, 2022

Our statement regarding the Solent Freeport at the New Forest National Park Authority meeting on 20th October 2022 included these Notes and Footnotes for the benefit of the Authori...

Solent Freeport Requires Regard for the New Forest National Park

Planning & Transport Committee
October 20th, 2022

We made this statement regarding the Solent Freeport at the New Forest National Park Authority meeting on 20th October 2022. The Authority agenda included a discussion of the Free...

Declaration from National Parks Movement to Strengthen Protected Landscapes

Planning & Transport Committee
October 19th, 2022

The annual National Parks Societies Conference was held in Snowdonia last week. Recognising the present scale of the nature and climate emergency, the Friends of the New Forest pro...

Campsites on the Crown Lands : Our Statement to the New Forest National Park Authority

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 14th, 2022

We highlight our concerns with Forestry England’s tender for their campsites on the protected habitat of the New Forest to the July 2022 meeting of the New Forest National Pa...

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...

Background: Close The Campsites That Harm Habitat

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 21st, 2021

This article includes the Background Notes from our July 2021 Presentment calling for a review of the campsite infrastructure on the protected habitats of the Crown Lands, the clos...

Northern end of Hollands Wood camp site, New Forest August 2005 / Jim Champion / CC BY-SA 2.0

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...

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