With the reopening of State forests for camping this week, Forestry Corporation of NSW is reminding visitors planning a long weekend trip to take COVID-19 precautions.

Camping areas in NSW State forests are reopened to visitors from 1 June 2020.

Forests that are already closed due to fire impacts remain closed. Check here for a list of closures related to fires.

For more information about COVID-19 in NSW and how to protect yourself and the community, please visit the NSW Health website.

Community members seeking to collect firewood from local State forests are being encouraged to arrange a permit online and collect their wood now, ahead of planned hazard reduction burns.

Following the devastation of the 2019-20 bushfire season, work will soon begin to remove the iconic Sugar Pine Walk in Bago State Forest.

A coordinated wild dog control program is being run in partnership between Local Land Services, Forestry Corporation and private landholders to address the increasing threat posed by wild dogs following bushfires and drought.

Following extensive work by Forestry Corporation of NSW and contractors over the last few months, Bago and Maragle State Forests are now reopened for essential forest use. This excludes activities still prohibited due to COVID19 restrictions such as camping, picnicking and fossicking.

Firewood collection is now open in selected Central Tablelands State forests, meaning residents can arrange a permit to stock up on firewood ahead of winter.

Forestry Corporation of NSW will commence its program of hazard reduction burns on the NSW mid north coast this week.

Forestry Corporation of NSW has joined forces with a range of other agencies and organisations to construct and deploy nesting boxes in severely burnt forests in North Coast NSW.