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DIO carries out tree-felling to prevent spread of ash disease on Salisbury Plain

Homeland January 23, 2020

DIO has been working with Landmarc Support Services to enact a tree-felling plan to prevent a fungus spreading to ash trees on Salisbury Plain. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) will begin a tree-felling scheme alongside Landmarc Support Services to prevent the further spread of Ash Dieback, a fungal disease affecting ash ...

DIO to crack down on illegal activity on Salisbury Plain

Land July 10, 2018

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) staff on Salisbury Plain have been issued with newly branded vehicles in a bid to crackdown on the number of illegal incursions taking place on the training area. The marked 4×4 vehicles will be used later this month during Operation Aston, a joint operation run by the ...

Construction progressing at Salisbury Plain service family accommodation

Homeland June 4, 2018

A ‘First Plot’ commemorative stone has been unveiled at the latest service accommodation construction site at Bulford, Wiltshire. The commemorative stone was unveiled by Lieutenant General Nick Pope CBE, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, together with Mr John Leary, Lovell’s Major Projects Director along with representatives of the Army Basing Programme ...

Polish Under Secretary of State visits UK’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps HQ

Land March 5, 2018

Defence Minister Mark Lancaster and Under Secretary of State Tomasz Szatkowski have visited the UK’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters (HQ) and Salisbury Plain. Following Mr Lancaster’s visit to Poland in August 2017, the Polish Under Secretary of State has been in the UK for a two-day visit to discuss plans for ...