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The EPA is responsible for regulating native forestry operations on private and public (Crown) land in NSW.

We regulate native forestry operations on both public and private land in NSW. Our compliance program aims to protect the environment while enabling the sustainable supply of native timber.

The EPA regulates compliance of native forestry on both private and public land to protect the environment and ensure logging operations are sustainable.

View the register of EPA investigations into native forestry operations in Crown forests.

We encourage members of the community to report forestry operation incidents that they suspect may be illegal or threaten the environment.

When any action is being, or is about to be carried out, that is likely to result in a contravention of forestry legislation, the EPA can issue a Stop Work Order. A Stop Work Order can prevent work from being carried out for up to 40 days.

The Minister for the Environment has directed the EPA to consider potential Coastal IFOA protocol amendments to ensure koala hubs in the provisional Great Koala National Park Assessment Area are protected from forestry operations.

NSW State Forests are sometimes lawfully closed for a range of reasons, especially safety concerns.

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Five million hectares in NSW were burnt in the 2019-20 bushfires, including more than 890,000 hectares of native State Forests. This is over 40% of the coastal and tablelands native State Forests in NSW.