His team will be planting 100,000 trees on
155 acres (62 hectares) of land near Bere Regis village in September.
He had two "packed" meetings with
about 150 villagers on Monday night to discuss his plans.
"It was great, everyone was very
positive and we had some great ideas from people," he said.
There are plenty of people who want to discredit
me and I have become accustomed to that.”
Village school plans
May, a known wildlife campaigner, said:
"We're turning land which has been used for farming back to original
woodland, that's the long term plan.
"We're adjacent to a piece of woodland
which I've owned for a number of years anyway so it's an extension of an
already existing scheme to try and recreate an ancient landscape."
The rock guitarist, who actively campaigns
against fox hunting and badger culling said he also wanted "to exclude hunting
and to manage the land in a more humane fashion than has been the
tradition".
Woodland pic: An image showing what Brian May's woodland
could look like in 20 years' time.
