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The New Forest National Park: a case studyof landscape management and understanding.
Presented by Frank Green and Lawrence ShawPresented by Frank Green and Lawrence Shaw
Hewood Sumner The Fern Cart :-Winchester City MuseumHewood Sumner The Fern Cart :-Winchester City Museum
The ‘statutory purposes’ of a National Park Authority
The ‘statutory purposes’ of a National Park Authority
• To conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the National Park.
• To promote understanding and enjoyment of the Park’s special qualities
The New ForestThe New Forest
• National Park Status in 2006• Diverse landscapes (heathland, grassland, forested
enclosures, ancient woodlands and coastal flats)• Sites of Special Scientific Interest• Over 200 SAM • 3,617 HER records• More than 600 listed buildings• More than 700 local list buildings• 8 Historic Parks and Gardens• Population of 34,000 • 14-20 million day visitors with easy access
The New ForestThe New Forest
Ancient WoodlandAncient Woodland
Areas designated for nature conservation
Areas designated for nature conservation
Heaths and BogsHeaths and Bogs
The Higher Level Stewardship SchemeThe Higher Level Stewardship Scheme
• 2010 – 2020• Europe's largest HLS scheme• Only 1,000 HER records for the Crown Lands (20,000 ha)• Commoner grazing scheme• Wild life conservation• Wetland restorations and felling works• Threat to heritage identified (remote sensing, rapid survey
technique)• www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/heritagemapping
What Do We Have?
The different data types.
•Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging)
•Aerial Photography
•Infrared Imagery
350 square km coverage
Remote Sensing is the Answer
©CUTS, EA and NFNPA
Seeing beneath the trees
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Seeing beneath the trees
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Discoveries
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Discoveries
Second World War hut bases discovered in Stockley Enclosure
Infrared Imagery and Aerial Photography
Near Infrared
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Historic Aerial Photography
1946
Historic Aerial Photography
1946
2nd World War Maps and Plans
Cartography
©CUTS, EA and NFNPA© Crown Copyright and Database Right 2014. Ordnance Survey 1000114703© Crown Copyright and Landmark Information Group Limited 2014. All rights reserved. 1868 ,1897
National Mapping Programme
English Heritage and NFNPA
NMP Stats• 4,141 Records• 464 Updated• 3,677 New
Online Resources
• www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/heritagemapping
Ground Verification
Ground Verification
Survey Work
Survey Work
Post Survey Work
Volunteers
175 volunteer days in the last year includingsurveys, site restorations and data cleaning.
Other Uses in the New Forest
Veteran Trees
Geo-archaeology
Other Uses
Erosion Mapping
Hydrological Erosion
Management Impacts
• Changes in the way we are working.• Increase in our knowledge and understanding• 4,141 features identified, 464 updated, 3,677 new.• 743 date to WWII (military or domestic) and 22 WWI• 800 features verified on the open Crown lands after just 40% of
survey. (Only 1000 recorded in the HER in 2010)• 10 stream resonation schemas consulted on prior to works• Great uptake of ‘citizen science’ and mobile technology• Develop crowned sourced lidar analysis of the forest for
enclosure.