Bayerische Forstverwaltung is responsible for the administration of state forests and the supervision of non-state owned forests, as well as providing education and advisory services for foresters and forest owners. The website provides information about: forests in Bavaria; forest protection; forest recreation; hunting in Bavaria; and timber. Bayerische Forstverwaltung is the forest department of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (StMELF) (Bavarian State Department for Agriculture and Forestry) - <http://www.stmelf.bayern.de/>.