Off-Road, Ash Disease and bikes

[Shotgun]

I have a friend who works in Whitehall who tells me that there's a variety of options already discussed ready for possible implementation on Ash Tree Fungus control. This began in Buckinghamshire and spread out from there all over the country.

For all vehicles, Ash Tree Fungus Contingency Plan

Total exclusion of entering trails/lanes etc for recreational vehicles, including privately owned tracks.

Compulsory fungicide vehicle spray on site, at owners expense.

Certificate of recent spraying at a central source, at owners expense.

This NOT yet policy + Don't ask about the source.

[Tramp]

this must be the same whitehall that said..

wash all chldren and dogs who have been into a infected area..

more bolt the door after the horse has got out..

I remember the foot and mouth a truely devasting time for all that use and live in the countryside..nothing learned then same as aborted Badger cull..

[P4ulie]

I can see all that making a huge difference, fungal spores have traditionally relied upon wind dispersal rather than waiting for random wanderers to pick them. How they going to stop that?

Utter b*ll*cks & just to look like something is being done.

Still on the bright side I won't be going out of business for the next few years felling & burning

[father zed]

Having worked within the Service provincially, and centrally, I can say with some confidence that there are many, many parallels with this cleverly considered, and valuable insight in to the entities forming the functionaries and missionaries of government: I could go on. But I won't :laugh:

[sledgegreen]

Its true that many fungal diseases normally spread by wind dispersal, but this method of transmission becomes much less efficient over long distances and is therefore relatively slow - a fungus will release spores which then infect nearby tree(s). Those new fungi have to reach maturity before releasing a new wave of spores to carry the disease onward.

Transmission be people or vehicles or other carriers can be much more efficient over distances - they pick up a load of spores when the drive over or step on an infected root or branch, and can then carry that load many miles before depositing it onto a new, healthy host.

So, wind borne transmission is the greater threat when a number of healthy trees are close to an infected tree (a single infected tree in a wood can potentially infect the whole wood within a single sporulating cycle), but person/vehicle transmission is the greater threat when trees are spread apart - from one wood to another, perhaps.

[father zed]

The Ozzies have the right approach don't they.

You can't legally take anything in, that might bugger up their eco system.

Very sensible.

Typical for this country to perform 'less well'

[special one]

The Ozzies have the right approach don't they.

You can't legally take anything in, that might bugger up their eco system.

Very sensible.

Typical for this country to perform 'less well'

Shame they didn't do that when introducing bull frogs to control sugar cane parasites, the frogs became more of a problem.

[Shotgun]

The Ozzies have the right approach don't they.

You can't legally take anything in, that might bugger up their eco system.

Very sensible.

Typical for this country to perform 'less well'

Well the Ozzies demand our bikes are sprayed when we enter. So you agree with the UK demanding this too?

[Redmurty]

The Ozzies have the right approach don't they.

You can't legally take anything in, that might bugger up their eco system.

Very sensible.

Typical for this country to perform 'less well'

Try getting anything into New Zealand, had my walking boots scrubbed to the enth degree, and rightfully so

Might be there in a few weeks as I've just had a major blow to a business plan cheers Spud