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We should be doing nothing to save the planet

4th May, 20225th May, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment carbon, green, iwcp, planting, trees, volunteers

Planting trees has become a barometer for public greenness. During the last general election campaign, Labour pledged to plant two

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Knife and Fork trees
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It’s not all anti-social media

22nd September, 2019 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, social media, trees

The blame for some of society’s ills has been laid at the feet of social media. Cyber-bullying, Brexit, the success

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You want a treehouse like this.

1st November, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment climbing, monkey-do, play, tree house, trees

Who wouldn’t want a treehouse like this? Community-minded arboricuturalists Monkey-Do built it in Arundel Square, London. To fully appreciate it

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Trees 

The veteran takes a final bow

12th May, 201215th October, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments histree, oaks, trails, trees, veteran, walks

Walking in the leafy fields surrounding Quarr Abbey, on the north of the Island, the Ranger discovered a spectacular and

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Dead bird
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Why do Naturenet readers want to kill everything?

12th May, 201023rd November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments trees

After the Ranger’s spam rant you’d have thought that he’d have had enough of ferreting in his server stats. But

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Isle of Wight Trees 

Chat up line

12th July, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments appley, fun, goodleaf, tree climbing, trees

There was a time, way back, when the Virtual Ranger really was a ranger – complete with Land-Rover, chainsaw and

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Dogs Trees 

Fighting dogs are destroying our urban trees

12th April, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 9 Comments bears, dogs, hackney, LTOA, pitbull, trees

Dogs bred to fight, and dogs taught to attack people, are a serious problem in this country. It’s even attracting

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Holly leaf
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The prickly question of holly leaves

12th January, 20099th November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 7 Comments evolution, hampshire, plants, trees

There’s nothing like the possible debunking of ‘a well-known fact’ to get The Ranger’s nose twitching. Recently I went for

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Books Trees 

Oliver Rackham – Woodlands

10th December, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment trees, woodlands, woods

Book reviews by guest blogger Ray Harrington-Vail of the Footprint Trust Anyone who has a deep interest in the history

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Trees 

New species of tree discovered in UK

15th June, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments trees, whitebeam

This is a one-in-a-lifetime headline. The trees of the British Isles are pretty well known, and the list of native

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