Originally Posted by Lordofthewings
Thanks Jon for the info, but the cynic in me remembers that the New Forest seemed to manage just fine "when I were a lad" in the 50's/60's. oldgit

If you're talking 1850/60's then that's probably accurate, they introduced a formal heathland burning program to the New Forest in the 1870's. However the process of has been going on for centuries.....

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