Access to parts of Jolly Nose Mountain Bike Park and areas of Burrawan and Queens Lake State Forests will change from early October, as operations begin to harvest and replant timber plantations.

Forestry Corporation put 14 new Mid North Coast and Hunter firefighter recruits through their paces at its Wauchope training camp in preparation for the fire season ahead.

Forestry Corporation put nine new North Coast firefighter recruits through their paces at its Grafton training camp in preparation for the fire season ahead.

Forestry Corporation put six new Central West firefighter recruits through their paces at its Bathurst training camp in preparation for the fire season ahead.

Campfires and barbecues using wood, charcoal or other solid fuels are banned in all Inverell, Gunnedah, Gular and Pilliga State forests from 1 October until further notice to reduce the risk of bushfires.

Campfires and barbecues using wood, charcoal or other solid fuel will be banned in Riverina and southern cypress State forests from midnight Thursday 30 September due to the risk of bushfire, with campers asked to switch to gas fires until further notice.

The domestic softwood timber industry in NSW has received a significant boost with the NSW Government directing Forestry Corporation to divert selected softwood log exports impacted by the China trade embargo, to domestic markets.

Forestry Corporation has started a geotechnical assessment of the Barrington Tops Road, following major structural damage sustained during severe wet weather earlier this year.

Over a thousand pine seedlings have started their decades-long journey to replace the iconic Sugar Pine Walk in Bago State Forest, which was sadly lost in the 2020 Black Summer bushfires.

Forestry Corporation has reopened the camping area on Blowering Camp road from Friday 17 September following a temporary closure in July, but access to the remainder of Blowering Dam’s western foreshore remains restricted due to ongoing hazards.