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Practical advice for those with a responsibility for management of ash in woodlands.
Supplementary guidance offering an overview of those priority open habitats most likely to need consideration during the planning and assessment of woodland creation proposals.
Learn more about protecting trees from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa).
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2016.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Diversification for long-term returns.
How the Forestry Commission will apply the 2024 rate uplifts to England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) applications and agreements.
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.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that start on 1 January 2019.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Find out about the successful projects that will enhance and facilitate tree production methods used in the UK.
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
Find out how to improve permanent access and infrastructure at woodlands you manage.
Learn about the management options for trees and woodland in the landscape, including: felling, shelterwood, overstocking and diversifying tree species.
Small rodents include field vole (Microtus agrestris), bank vole (Myodes glareolus), edible dormouse (Glis glis), wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis). Learn more about their impact…
A guide on restocking your woodlands, after removing spruce trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England (in the Ips typographus Demarcation Area).
Find out about the many benefits that trees can bring to your land and the financial and expert support you can get from the Forestry Commission.
Read about projects by successful grant recipients of the Forestry Commission's Seed Sourcing Grant.
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