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A HORSE RIDING protest in Newport today showed how dangerous the current route they have to ride is – now that the woods has been blocked off.

A DELIBERATE fire has damaged grassland near mountain biking trails at Cwmcarn. The fire was set on a small area of grassland in Cwmcarn Forest, near the section of the Twrch mountain biking trail known as Airstram. Luckily, fire crews were on-scene quickly and managed to extinguish the fire before any damage was caused to the bike trails. Pictures: NRW Peter Cloke, land management team leader from Natural Resources Wales said: “Unfortunately last weekend a small area of grassland at Cwmcarn Forest was affected by a fire which was deliberately set on the nearby common land. "It was ...

NATURAL Resources Wales (NRW) has launched a public consultation on plans to manage 11 woodland areas in Gwent, including work to tackle larch tree disease. The agency has developed a 25-year management plan for 11 woodlands covering parts of the Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen local authority areas. "Over the last nine months during the pandemic, these spaces have been more important than ever, providing much needed opportunities for exercise, for family time and for moments of calm," Peter Cloke, NRW land management team leader, said. “We know how valued our woodlands are, and we ...