dreaded ash dieback disease has been found on Dartmoor. Official orders have been made for the trees to be destroyed. The site – its location has not been made public – is the only known one in the south west and is believed to be in the Bovey Tracey/Moretonhampstead area. It is on a recently planted area. Defra has told the Advertiser that the infection 'can probably be contained'. The disease has virtually wiped out ash trees in Denmark and already has a strong hold in East Anglia and the Home counties. The diseased saplings will be burned within the next fortnight under orders issued by the Food and Environment Research Agency. A Defra spokesman said:?'It's on a site where something can be done. It's normally easy to deal with. 'There will be financial costs but not on the same scale as any mature woodland infection.' But the Devon Wildlife Trust has already said that spread of the killer is more or less 'inevitable'. The consequences for the landscape and wildlife are substantial.