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A closed grant for creating native woodland or restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
Information about Phytophthora pluvialis, including how to report sightings.
Learn about the management options for trees and woodland in the landscape, including: felling, shelterwood, overstocking and diversifying tree species.
Find out about the benefits that tree planting and woodland creation bring to water management and water quality.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
Supplementary guidance to Operations Note 24, for owners and foresters restocking previously larch-dominated plantations on ancient woodland sites.
Learn how the THP can help proactively manage spruce, including felling, restocking and maintaining newly planted trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England.
Supplementary guidance offering clarity on the principles to adopt when considering afforestation on or near priority habitats.
If you're an existing Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) grant holder, use these forms and guidance to submit a claim. The LATF is closed for applications.
Guidance on the Forestry Commission’s interpretation of trees and woodland for the purposes of felling licences and forestry environmental impact assessments.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
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
Find out how to manage and protect trees from domestic and feral horses and ponies (Equus ferus caballus).
Find a company authorised for handling wood and material affected by Ips typographus.
Resources on where to find opportunities for working in forestry.
How Haringey Council, London used funding from the Tree Health Pilot for proactive management of the invasive pest oak processionary moth (OPM).
This privacy notice applies to Forestry Commission enquiries through GOV.UK submission forms.
This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.
How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
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