The Forest Service Northern Ireland is an executive agency of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development entrusted with the development of forestry and the management of forests in Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 1998. The Forest Service holds headquarters at Inishkeen House in Enniskillen and forest offices in Castlewellan and Garvagh. It manages 62,000 hectares of forest and employs 205 people. References Inline Other Northern Ireland Executive Forestry agencies in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Belfast Rural society in the United Kingdom 1998 establishments in Northern Ireland Forests and woodlands of Northern Ireland Forestry in Ireland