Forests Department (Western Australia)

Forests Department (Western Australia)

Logo on Western Australian Forests Department's vehicles.
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 1919
Preceding agencies	Department of Lands and Surveys Wood and Forests Department
Dissolved	21 March 1985
Jurisdiction	Government of Western Australia
Agency executives	Charles Lane Poole, Conservator of forests Mr P.J. McNamara, Acting Conservator of forests
Child agency	Department of Conservation and Land Management

The Forests Department was a department of the Government of Western Australia created in 1919 under Conservator of Forests Charles Lane Poole, that was responsible for implementing the State's Forests Act (1918–1976) legislation and regulations.

The Forests Department was incorporated all together with National Parks Authority and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife on 21 March 1985 forming^[1] the Department of Conservation and Land Management.