[Alan]

I have to say in my are over recent years, there has been quite good attitude towards replanting hedgerows and larger areas of trees. There is in fact an ongoing scheme to create a continuas forest (freshney forest) that will eventually encircle a large area of the town. We moan about the ever increasing community charge, but such programmes are a result of this. Countryside and Urban wardens/tree wardens have also been recently appointed and intorduced into the mix, in order to catalogue local woodland resources and older single trees.

Not just the council are getting involved, but many landowners and farmers. Some of the areas out of town that I visit are also planting trees and improving many parts of the countryside.

So in this area at least, not all is bad!