This Yorkshire community forest has been named England’s Community Forest of the Year
The White Rose Forest in Huddersfield has been named England’s Community Forest of the Year for 2024.
It has planted an incredible 2,000 acres of new woodland in the past year, working closely with local landowners and councils.
It has been named England’s Community Forest of the Year for its “leading role in woodland creation” by the England’s Community Forests conference which currently manage a total of 15 community forests across the country.
This achievement highlights the forest’s significant contributions to woodland creation.
The 2023-24 planting season was a record breaker across the ECF network with almost 2000 hectares of new woodland and hedgerows planted.
The White Rose Forest team were responsible for over 800 hectares of that total, the equivalent of approximately 1200 football pitches of new trees and woodland.
Guy Thompson, Director of the White Rose Forest, said: “On behalf of our team and Kirklees Council as Accountable Body for our partnership, I’m proud to bring this award back to Yorkshire.
“It’s testament to the dedication and hard work of our team and partners that we have been able to support more landowners and woodland creation projects than ever before over the last year.
“All our work aims to protect and improve our natural environment and local communities across North and West Yorkshire. We’re now working on our long-term 25 year plan for woodland creation and management across the region and look forward to working with our partners in local, regional and national government, our national parks, landowners and communities across North and West Yorkshire to deliver this.”
Congratulations to the team, what an incredible achievement.
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Featured image – The White Rose Forest