Yorkshire’s new forest habitat

The White Rose Forest is the community forest for North and West Yorkshire and the largest of England’s community forests.

With support from a small, specialist team, the initiative works in partnership with local and regional government, landowners, businesses and communities to plant trees across North and West Yorkshire for the benefit of people and the environment. The White Rose Forest is also a founding member of the Northern Forest partnership, which aims to create a well-wooded landscape stretching from Liverpool to the Yorkshire coast.

There are two key White Rose Forest planting programmes. The Landscapes for Water programme, which focuses on more rural and upland areas, aims to plant trees in four major river catchments to reduce the risk of flooding for communities further downstream. The Greenstreets® programme is helping to create a greener and healthier environment in our towns and cities.

The White Rose Forest’s vision is that, by 2050, our cities and countryside will be connected by a vast and varied forest habitat network that stretches from the river valleys and transport corridors of West Yorkshire to the national parks and uplands of North Yorkshire.