Maharashtra Forest Department

The Maharashtra Forest Department (MFD) 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 (HoFF) 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 (Borivali) ,
2. Wildlife-East (Nagpur) and
3. Wildlife (Nashik).

Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.