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What you need to do to manage your England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) agreement, meet the requirements and claim payments.
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.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
How to get Natural England’s consent for works on or near a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) when you apply for a felling licence or woodland grant agreement.
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.
Find a company authorised for handling wood and material affected by Ips typographus.
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…
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
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.
Find out how land managers can look after newly planted trees in areas where there’s been restocking due to pests and disease.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
This guidance sets out the need to contact historic environment organisations during the development of forestry projects and provides template emails that proposers can use.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Find out how to apply for authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area (DMA).
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.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Natural colonisation is the process by which trees colonise new ground from existing local sources. This can happen through seed which has been dispersed by birds, mammals, wind or gravity, or by vegetative colonisation wher…
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