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Find out how to apply for funding to improve, expand, automate or mechanise the production of trees and tree seed.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
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 restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
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.
This leaflet has been produced to assist in the identification of injurious weeds as prescribed in the Weeds Act 1959.
Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
Find out how to apply for funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production.
This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
The Forestry Commission decision framework for determining when to convert woodland to open habitat, and when compensatory tree planting is required.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
What you need to do to manage your England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) agreement, meet the requirements and claim payments.
How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Read the latest plant and tree health news from the Forestry Commission. Sign up to the plant health newsletter to receive up-to-date forestry trade news.
This guide gives an overview of plant health legislation for forestry in England for Forestry Commission staff and contract inspectors working in the sector.
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