Concern over tree replanting following Wareham Forest Fire
A NUMBER of wildlife charities have expressed concerns about the decision to replant pine trees in Wareham Forest following the devastating wildfire last year. The RSPB, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), Butterfly Conservation, and the Amphibian & Reptile Conservation charities have jointly called for a "new vision" for the forest, one which focuses on the restoration of large scale heathland. They wanted Forestry England, which manages Wareham Forest, to hold off automatically replanting the area destroyed by the fire, which raged through the area for almost two weeks in May and took the ef...
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