I think this is petition applies to English forests only.
In Scotland we've had a legacy of (previously) tax exempt plantations of non indigenous forestry that the Scottish government have been reducing, in favour of indigenous trees.
At the moment the felling is a scar across the landscape in many areas, but in 40 or 50 years the picture should be very much different once the Scots Pine and other plants have re-established themselves.
One of the memories that will live with me forever is following a slightly outdated Ordnance Survey map through a forest of Douglas Fir.
To get where I needed to go I had to cut through a couple of Km of ancient (real) forest in a depression settling on a lochan.
..so on a pale winter morning, with shafts of light cutting the ancient trees, I walked/stumbled into a herd of Red Deer drinking from the water of the lochan.
..honestly, it was feckin
Awesome I stopped dead in my tracks (stunned), the Doe's hardly batted an eyelid (the odd squint in my direction), but the Stag just stood there, above the rest, and sizing me up.
Took a few minutes, but he barked out and they all legged it through the Bluebells.
Honestly, it was...awesome.
