Chail is connected by a forest corridor to Simla Water Catchment Area, a 951ha sanctuary to the north.
Local people exercise certain rights to land resources.
In general, northern slopes are forested while southern slopes support grasslands, usually with patches of forest or scrub in gullies and depressions. Grasslands are probably maintained by regular burning and cutting. The dominant forest tree is ban oak Quercus incana , mixed at lower altitudes with chir pine Pinus roxburghii . Pinus wallichiana have been sown in some areas. Some 418ha had been planted with pine, oak, cedar and Robinia sp.