Maharashtra Forest Department


The Maharashtra Forest Department is a department of the Indian state of Maharashtra responsible for forestry and wildlife management.
The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in Nagpur.
The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force is situated at Nagpur, which is considered as Headquarter of the forest Department in Maharashtra.
There are 11 territorial forest circles in
  1. Amravati,
  2. Aurangabad,
  3. Chandrapur,
  4. Dhule,
  5. Gadchiroli,
  6. Kolhapur,
  7. Nagpur,
  8. Nashik,
  9. Pune,
  10. Thane and
  11. Yavatmal.
The three wildlife circles are
  1. Wildlife-West,
  2. Wildlife-East and
  3. Wildlife.
Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.
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Wildlife-Protected Areas

  1. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
  2. Pench Tiger Reserve
  1. Pench National Park
  • Sanctuaries
  1. Kanhargaon Wildlife Sanctuary
  2. Pranhita Wildlife Sanctuary
  3. Wan Wildlife Sanctuary
  4. Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary
  • C.R.s

33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive

To fight climate change and droughts in Maharashtra, the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive. It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1 July to 30 September in the State of Maharastra. The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings. In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.

Departmental Hierarchy