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

An article by Clive Chatters in response to the fire.

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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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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...

Friends of the New Forest help to purchase ‘a secret forest’ in the north of the New Forest National Park.

Habitat & Landscape Committee
March 23rd, 2018

The trustees, members and supporters of the Friends of the New Forest (New Forest Association) are celebrating the purchase of a nature reserve, near Nomansland in Wiltshire, which...

“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

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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...

Fracking the Forest?

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
October 10th, 2016

With the Government taking the decision on fracking away from Lancashire County Council on 6th October 2016, this brief review of our position and the possibility of hydraul...

Cables Buried At Buckland Rings

Planning & Transport Committee
October 6th, 2016

There…. Buckland Rings is an Iron Age Hillfort (and modern day informal BMX track) situated on the National Park’s border with Lymington. To its south and east ra...

The Forestry Commission’s New Forest Fungi Policy

Habitat & Landscape Committee
September 29th, 2016

The New Forest Association are pleased that the Forestry Commission are implementing a “Look, Don’t Pick” rule regarding fungi foraging on the New Forest Site of ...

Material World

Planning & Transport Committee
September 23rd, 2016

One concern I think we all share about the Latchmore Brook project is the transport of the infill materials. This is due to cause a certain amount disturbance and inconvenien...

Presentment: Latchmore Brook: Part 2: Wildlife, Materials and Beauty

Habitat & Landscape CommitteePlanning & Transport Committee
September 21st, 2016

In a feat of both irony, and good timing thematically, the presenter met the five minute limit for Presentments, and was cut short. The first part was an apology from the New Fores...

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