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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.

Information about EPA inspections of crown forestry operations.

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

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.

We continue to advocate that FCNSW obtain site-specific operating conditions in areas recovering from the 2019–20 wildfires.

Read our research projects and publications – on koala habitat mapping and more.

We completed a 3-year program that mapped koala habitat and occupancy in NSW native forests to inform new identification methods in native forestry areas.

The baseline map of koala occurrence was developed as part of the koala mapping program and shows where koalas are likely to be found across NSW.

As part of the koala mapping program, the EPA trialled 3 different mapping approaches in areas of differing koala density and habitat, in Royal Camp, Carwong, Maria River and Clouds Creek state forests.

The Predictive Koala Habitat Model was developed as the final stage of the koala mapping program. The model produces a map of koala habitat in north-eastern NSW by using environmental variables which are correlated with koala records, such as vegetation, soil type and climate. The maps will be used to more accurately identify koala habitat in private and public native forests in NSW.