Snippets
News snippets from around the New Forest National Park.
Sustainable Development Fund project wins top web award
A project sponsored by the New Forest National Park's Sustainable Development Fund has won a prestigious web award.
At the awards ceremony for the 7th Hantsweb Award on 23 Feb the New Forest Food Challenge won the title of 'Best Healthy Lifestyle Website'.
Up against around 80 other nominated sites the Food Challenge was picked out as being top for layout, accessibility and making the most of current internet technology such as RSS and Twitter.
The site is a community forum and thanks go to all who have contributed to it:www.newforesttransition.org
Claire Gingell, the National Park's Sustainable Development Officer, said: "This project aims to encourage people to increase the proportion of local produce they use and to increase the amount of food grown locally in gardens, allotments and market gardens. Not only does the project encourage people to support local food producers and adopt healthy lifestyles, it also helps the environment by reducing 'food miles'. We're delighted that the success of the Food Challenge has been recognised."
Alice in Wonderland
The Daily Echo talks about Tim Burton's new film 'Alice in Wonderland' based on the book by Lewis Carroll, whose inspiration for Alice was local woman Alice Liddell who lived in Lyndhurst.
Proposed shingle recycling at Hurst Spit
In accordance with the Hurst Spit Beach Management Plan, New Forest District Council is proposing to undertake the next stages of shingle recycling at Hurst Spit.
The works will involve using land-based excavators to remove a volume of material from the tip of the shingle recurve at North Point (located approximately 1 km northwest of Hurst Castle). The material will be loaded onto dumper trucks and transported along the Spit to the recharge site and deposited as required. An aerial photograph indicating the areas of work is here
Hurst Spit beach management plan (714 KB)
Although the actual works have yet to be scheduled, it is anticipated that they will be undertaken during February / March 2010 and will continue for approximately three weeks (subject to suitable tidal and weather conditions). Every effort will be made to minimise disturbance and inconvenience to users of the area during the works.
Should you require additional information or wish to discuss these proposals any further please contact Peter Ferguson, NFDC Coast Protection Group, on telephone 023 8028 5801 or by e-mail to peter.ferguson@nfdc.gov.uk.
Hampshire County Council Wins Coastal Pathfinder Award with New Forest National Park Authority.
Hampshire County Council has been awarded more than a quarter of a million pounds to lead a pilot project to combat the effects of climate change on a 10km stretch of the Solent coastline.
Solent Way
The Guardian newspaper feature Solent Way as one of eight National Park autumn walks in the UK
Non-native plant project
The Sun newspaper featured the Authority's non-native plant project - a joint project between the National Park Authority and The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Mosaic Project
Visit The Park Online to hear Nigel Matthews talk about a campaign to help black and minority ethnic groups discover the National Park
Animal accidents campaign
Visit The Park On-line to hear Nigel Matthews and Head Agister Jonathon Gerrelli talk about reducing animal accidents
Winners of the ‘Take a View’ Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in which National Parks were involved as part of the 60th celebrations
Landscape Photographer of the Year 2009 (530 KB)
'Iconic' images photography competition
Visit The Park On-line to hear an interview about this year's competition
Fantastic finds with Hampshire Field Club
Exciting discoveries were made in historic New Forest churches when the New Forest National Park’s archaeological officer Frank Green and colleagues led a fascinating tour last weekend.......more
BBC Countryfile film Coastal Heritage Project
BBC Countryfile profiled the Authority's Coastal Heritage Project on Sunday 13 September 2009 .....more
