Home Manage forests Responsibilities of managing a woodland Copyright: William Tell Managing water Well-managed forest and woodland provide many benefits for the water environment, but we need to ensure effective management to mitigate any potential impacts. Last updated: 30 June 2026 Topic: Forest management and planning , Forest resilience , Water, hydrology and flooding Print page View page as PDF Your reading progress Contents Introduction - Private and public water supplies - Flood risk - Water quality - Groundwater - Forestry and Water Scotland initiative - Guidance, resources and tools Water quality GuidanceGuidance is available on how to protect the overall water environment - this is relevant to protecting water quality. Managing forest operations to protect the water environment (Forest Research website)This guidance provides advice on how forest operations should be planned and managed to protect the water environment.Managing forests in acid sensitive catchments (Forest Research website)Creating and managing riparian woodland (Forest Research website) Grant support related to water quality Forestry grant support is available via the Rural Payments and Services website under the options: Woodlands for waterWoodlands for riparian benefitsWoodland Creation (Rural Payments and Services website) Previous - Flood risk Next - Groundwater
