Welcome to our Student Help page where we hope to provide information and links for school children and students who are writing up projects about our forests.
Please find below links to useful documents and other web pages.
North West England Forest District Strategic Plan This is our core planning document for the management of the public forest estate in North West England . Each of our Forests has a forest design plan which is reviewed every five years and is our primary management tool for deciding the future direction of each of our forests. See examples of Blengdale and Cogra Moss in West Cumbria.
Forestry Commission Picture Library The Forestry Commission picture library contains many thousands of images of forests, wildlife and people Please read the terms and conditions before using any images.
Forest Research a world leader in the research and development of sustainable forestry and are Britain's principal organisation for forestry and tree related research
UK Government Map Data Provides map data from all UK Government departments. maps can be browsed and GIS data down loaded.
Forests and Climate Change All about the impacts of climate change on forests and we are trying to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate.
Lake District Osprey Project - Conserving Ospreys and providing public viewing facilities in North Cumbria. Webcam and osprey information.
Wild Ennerdale - With a vision to develop the Ennerdale valley as a wilder place for people. Information, webcam, photo blog and GIS data.
Forestry Research Support Portal A range of useful tools for forestry, geography and land based students.
Forestry Commission Publications Many free and interesting publications about forestry, conservation, people and land management.