I am writing to endorse the views set out in your letters page (January 28) by David Taylor.

I note that the editorial in the same issue cynically called for a proposal to "Have the Forest on a plate and give us some dosh to run it..." Now that we have seen the proposals, isn't that exactly what is being proposed? This is an opportunity for our community, not a threat.

Of course, there will always be those who don't want to hear positive messages and prefer to hear only doom and gloom. Furthermore, this attitude seems to have been supported with relish by your editorial team.

Perhaps we can now drop the hysteria and allow a degree of common sense in? I do hope so!

– Chris Richardson, Cinderford.