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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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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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FoNF response to ExxonMobil non-statutory consultation about CO2 pipeline

Planning & Transport Committee
October 3rd, 2024

Our submitted response follows, but we have been advised today (3rd October) that ExxonMobil is abandoning its controversial scheme to build a pipeline from Fawley Refinery across ...

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...

Press Release: Chris Packham has it wrong about the New Forest

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January 29th, 2019

One of the many challenges that the Forest faces for those of us seeking its long-term protection is to find the right way to make that support effective.

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...

DEVELOPMENT THREAT TO THE NEW FOREST

Planning & Transport Committee
February 23rd, 2018

DEVELOPMENT THREAT TO THE NEW FOREST – URGENT Please help us to help the New Forest. Your action is needed now! Friends of the New Forest (New Forest Association) is urging our mem...

100th anniversary of the Portuguese Fireplace in the New Forest

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November 18th, 2017

On 18th November 2017, eight members of the Anglo-Portuguese community came to the New Forest from London for a little ceremony to commemorate the arrival of a Portuguese contingen...

Friends of the New Forest host national conference

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October 21st, 2017

National Parks Societies Conference 2017 The Friends of the New Forest recently hosted a three-day national conference at Balmer Lawn Hotel, Brockenhurst, which was attended by rep...

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...

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 ...

Join NFA in Summer Fun

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August 9th, 2011

Want to find out more about the New Forest? If so then you’re invited to some free events organised by conservation and campaign body the New Forest Association this summer and aut...

Replace the Forestry Commission and remove conifer plantations in the New Forest, says NFA

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July 12th, 2011

PRESS RELEASE:The New Forest Association has called for the Forestry Commission to be replaced in the New Forest and for the Forest’s conifer plantations to be phased out in ...

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