Visitors are reminded to play it safe and stick to the rules when enjoying State forests by ensuring their vehicle is registered and staying out of closed areas.

People planning their holiday travels and activities should put State forests on top of the list. With more than two million hectares of State forests, there are plenty of unique places to discover and activities to share. People can visit and camp for free – even the family dog is welcome.

State forests contain thousands of kilometres of roads for four-wheel driving, mountain biking, trail biking, horseriding and bushwalking

However, Forestry Corporation of NSW is reminding visitors to be safe and respectful as they explore the great outdoors.

With Christmas and New Years Eve fast approaching, Forestry Corporation of NSW is reminding visitors and locals that there are some restrictions remaining on visiting Blowering Dam.

Yesterday Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation official opened the Nyanggan Gapi's Cafe Seating Deck at Sealy Lookout (Niigi Niigi) – a celebration of the success of the First Nation-owned and run business.

A Christmas tree grown by Forestry Corporation of NSW proudly sits in Government House in the centre of Sydney as a visual reminder of the forestry industry and the value it provides.

Forestry Corporation of NSW is advising that large numbers of roads in the Pilliga Forest and surrounding island forests have incurred significant damage following exceptional rain over the last few months.

The NSW Government has announced Newnes State Forest, Wolgan State Forest and parts of Ben Bullen State Forest, near Lithgow, will be transferred to the Gardens of Stone Reserves managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Ongoing fire recovery efforts have been Forestry Corporation’s primary focus in the past financial year, with record post-fire plantation timber salvage, replanting and rebuilding programs and reduced hardwood timber production in response to environmental considerations reflected in the financial results tabled in Parliament this week.

On the back of a record 2021 planting season, Forestry Corporation of NSW’s 2022 seedling crop is well and truly underway with 11 million radiata pine (Pinus radiata) sown in the organisation’s Blowering nursery.

Renewable energy and renewable timber may soon be produced side-by-side, with the passage today of legislation to enable clean energy developments such as wind energy to be established in State forest pine plantations.