A letter in this week’s Lymington Times raises the subject of Natural England’s continuing support of stream “restoration” in the New Forest (Natural England justify these engineering works on the grounds that they are “necessary for the management of the site”).   The writer, Tom Langton, an independent conservation ecologist, is the author of a report produced in May 2013 on the management of the New Forest with particular reference to the proposed engineering works at Latchmore Brook.