Bracken Control Group

News Stories

• 31 Oct 16
  End of Use-Up Period
• 29 Sep 16
  Bracken Control Group Meeting
• 12 September 2016
  End of the Emergency Authorisation period.
• 25 June 2016
  Bracken: Frond or foe? - 12 July 2016, Dinnet, Aberdeenshire.
• 24 June 2016
  Events to demonstrate the ability of the Brielmaier range of equipment to cut and manage bracken are being organised for early September in different parts of the UK.
• 26 April 2016
  The Emergency Authorisation for the 2016 season has been issued. See the Asulam page for details.
• 15 March 2016
  Asulam will be available to purchase soon after the start of the Emergency Authorisation period on 16 May 2016 and it will be possible to apply it in the period 1 July - 31 October.
• 14 September 2015
  The end of the Emergency Authorisation period.
• 18 August 2015
  A German company will be demonstrating machinery that can cut bracken on steep slopes and it can also be operated by remote control.
• 27 January 2015
  A meeting of statutory nature conservation bodies, and others with related interests such as the heritage environment, was organised by Natural England, in York, to consider the control of bracken on designated sites in the current regulatory climate.