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  • A closed grant that provided support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of tree seed sources in England.

  • A closed grant that provided funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production. 

  • Learn how good edge design can create woodlands that fit well into the landscape, benefit management and resilience, enrich biodiversity and provide inspiring places for people.

  • Claim and manage legacy schemes: English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS), Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS).

  • How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.

  • Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.

  • Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.

  • Learn more about protecting trees from the European hare (Lepus europaeus), mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

  • If you need to include a map with an application to the Forestry Commission, we will create an OS MasterMap® free of charge for you.

  • Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell larch, sweet ches…

  • Learn about the modification options to prevent mammal access to trees and woodland, including: sensory deterrents, fences, tree shelters, bud protectors and vegetation control.

  • Find forestry and tree nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nurseries directory and tree nurseries directory (agroforestry).

  • You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.

  • Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.

  • Access to forests and woodland improves physical and mental health. It creates a better understanding of nature, and why we need to protect and nurture it.

  • Learn how to protect trees from: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), fallow deer (Dama dama), Reeve’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis).…

  • Learn about the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and its impact on treescapes. Find out how to manage beavers in the wider environment, control access to individual trees, and managing the trees themselves

  • How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.

  • Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.

  • The Spruce Site Assessment (SSA) grant is for landowners and land managers in England with spruce trees on land inside the Ips typographus Proactive Spruce Removal Area.