Tag Archives: Wareham Forest

10 years after the Forestry Commission wasn’t sold off, the bad old FC has returned

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Miles King

Cast your minds back, dear reader, Ten Years. I have deliberately capitalised these words so please don’t send me any grammatical correction comments. Ten years seems like an incomprehensibly long time ago, considering what we have been through in the … Continue reading →

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Forestry Commission ignores pleas and replants conifers after Wareham Heath fire

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Miles King

This press release was published this morning. Wildlife charities call for new vision after Forestry England replant conifers on precious heathland   RSPB, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Plantlife, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Butterfly Conservation have today expressed concern after Forestry England’s (FE) decision to replant pine trees on precious heathland in Wareham Forest. In the current ecological emergency, they urge FE to begin working with them on a … Continue reading →

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Forestry Commission plan tree planting on heathland after barbecue fire

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Miles King

The ground was bone dry and everything was flowering early. I was up at Poundbury (near Dorchester), checking on an area of wildflower meadow that I’d arranged to have sown. After the incessant downpours of the Autumn and Winter, the … Continue reading →

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