Badagamuwa Conservation Forest

Badagamuwa Conservation Forest is a secondary forest located on the wayside of Kurunegala-Dambulla road about 4 km distance from the Kurunegala town.
Badagamuwa Conservation Forest
B adagamuwa Conservation Forest (Sinhala: බඩගමුව සංරක්ෂිත වනාන්තරය; Tamil: படகமுவ பாதுகாப்பு காடு) is a secondary forest in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. It is located on the wayside of Kurunegala-Dambulla road (A6 road) approximately 4 km distance from the Kurunegala town. History Due to human interventions, the natural forest that existed at Badagamuwa started to degrade during the 17th century. However, the site was declared a "Conservation Forest" by the government on 1 June 1894, under gazette no. 5290 and a reforestation process was initiated in 1895, by the English Captain A. M. Walker. The A6 road that runs across the Badagamuwa forest today is said to be there at the time as a small cart-sized track.  In 1925, several valuable trees such as Jack, Mahogani, Teak, Nedun, Burutha, Ethdemata, Milla, etc., were planted in this site by the Department of Forest. Before that process, the department had collected the wood harvest from the forest and given the plotted lands t…