{"id":667944,"date":"2026-07-01T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667944\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:51:14","slug":"woodchips-dumped-at-conservation-kill-native-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667944\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodchips dumped at conservation kill native plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A pile of woodchips was dumped in Milford Hollow, a conservation site in Salisbury managed by the Milford Area Preservation Group (MAPG).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The woodchips were left on top of fragile ferns and other native woodland plants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Volunteers spent hours removing most of the mound, but many of the plants beneath had already been destroyed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  David Lovibond, Chair of the MAPG, said: &#8220;Our volunteers have spent years restoring and curating this vulnerable site and have created a haven for wildlife, and a place of peace for local people to enjoy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Unfortunately, not everyone respects this precious area, and the fly tipping is not the first time the Hollow has been vandalised.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A couple of years ago newly planted saplings donated by the Woodland Trust were stolen, and there is an enduring problem with littering.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/topics\/salisbury-city-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salisbury City Council<\/a>, which supports MAPG, confirmed that the fly-tipper accessed the site using an unprotected path opposite St Martin\u2019s School.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Lovibond said the group has requested that the council consider installing a bollard at the top of the path leading to the site from Shady Bower to prevent further vehicle access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pile of woodchips was dumped in Milford Hollow, a conservation site in Salisbury managed by the Milford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}