George Bodley Ryle, CBE (4 March 1902 – 14 February 1978) was a British civil servant and forester.
He attended St Catherine's College, Oxford,[1] completing a diploma in forestry in 1923.
[2] He joined the Forestry Commission's staff in 1924[1] as a district officer in eastern England, moving to south Wales in 1928.
In 1936, the government prioritised afforestation in the valleys of south Wales to help relieve unemployment amongst the coal miners; Ryle was appointed the divisional officer and oversaw the introduction of thriving woodland to those areas.
Returning to the Forestry Commission, he was appointed a Conservator for England in 1947; during this tenure, he was responsible for the acquisition of 160,000 acres of land.