Forestry Corporation of NSW will be "clamping down" on firewood theft, fire starting, rubbish dumping, and unlicensed driving and motorbike riding to stop people from continuing the illegal behaviour.

District manager Conan Rossler said it was disappointing there were so many wrong-doers in town, as it spoiled the forest for those enjoying it in the right way, like going mountain-biking or bush walking.

"As soon as you get a state forest close to some fairly significant population density, it gets very good use from the public but also attracts anti-social elements as well, so that becomes a real challenge," Mr Rossler said.

"This is a very small forest but it's a very important one for public use. But to be fair to the neighbours, we try and stamp out all the anti-social stuff that's going on here."

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Mr Rossler said the most common illegal and anti-social activities in the Gunnedah forest were the felling of trees for firewood and dumping rubbish.

He said people specifically made new tracks to access trees to chop down.

"They come in with their ute or their trailer, [sometimes] they have both, and then they come in and cut [the wood] up and take it," he told ACM.

"Some of the worst bring a trailer of rubbish and dump their rubbish, then cut a load of firewood and take it.

"On both legs they think they're getting some value."

The district manager said his main issue was safety.

"My concern is we're going to find someone dead here one day because a lot of them are the weekend warriors: they've got the truck, the chainsaw, no formal training and it's very dangerous if it goes the wrong way," he said.

Many locals visit the forest to partake in these nefarious activities, but new measures like cameras and signage are being put in place to stop this.

"One of the things we want to do is put some big signage up [at the entrance] which states very explicitly what's permissible and what's not permissible so hopefully it'll be up in the next month," Mr Rossler said.

The installation of CCTV cameras is also on Forestry Corporation's agenda to stop the bad behaviour.

The forest currently has some cameras, but to Mr Rossler, the more the merrier.

"The cameras are very, very effective and we've got a whole host of images I'm working through. Those individuals will be hearing from me and we'll be dealing with them," he said.

"We'll have a lot more cameras to try and take the heat out of what's going on here and try to steady things up.

"I think it'll be very effective because I think the message will spread really quickly on how [Forestry Corporation] is clamping down."

Forestry Corporation has spoken to Gunnedah police in the past about what has been going on, and Mr Rossler said he was going to request that the police drop in on weekends "to see what's going on".

"A lot of the anti-social stuff happens on the weekends," he explained.

Black Jack Forest is located south of Gunnedah on Black Jack Forest Road, off Wandobah Road.