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<p>The National Tree Planting Year of 1973, with its slogan of Plant a tree in ’73,
was the Government-sponsored tree planting campaign initiated to compensate for the
loss of trees caused by Dutch elm disease. The Forestry Commission donated some 90,000
trees to schools and a further 70,000 for joint projects with local authorities, as
did other organisations including the Crown Estate Commissioners.</p><p> </p><p>It
also led to the founding of the Tree Council, with Government backing, as the umbrella
body for organisations involved in tree planting, care and conservation.</p><p> </p><p>The
Forestry Commission has an ongoing programme of grants schemes available for planting,
subject to specific criteria and subject to an obligation to manage woodlands with
sound forestry practice.</p>
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