Celebrating 100 years of forestry

In September 1919 the Forestry Commission was founded to restore the nation’s timber reserves in the wake of the First World War, after the passing of the Forestry Act.

We are now England’s largest landowner and look after over 1,500 forests. We deliver internationally renowned research in sustainable forestry and help other landowners make their woodlands more productive, better for wildlife, and resilient to the challenges of a changing climate.