Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising visitors that its Tentsmuir Beach car park will be closed for repairs from Monday 27 March until Friday 31 March. FLS will be carrying out the work on the…
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland says that the stresses of dealing with tree diseases is bring out the very best of all its foresters. Tree diseases can have a devastating effect on a forest, infecting and…
Thursday, 16 March 2023
A ‘virtual fence’ GPS collar used on cattle, is being singled out as an exemplar of how rural industries can benefit by embracing digital technologies in Scotland. The collars, first used in 2022 by …
Thursday, 09 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising members of the public to avoid an area of woodland around Bullwood quarry in Corlarach Forest, near Dunoon, as it carries out felling work to deal with tree dise…
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has teamed up with NatureScot to next week (Monday 13 March) stage a seminar on how to get involved in peatland restoration work. The online seminar is part of a series pro…
Thursday, 02 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Cobleland camping ground will be under new management from 1 March. Holiday park company, Allseasons Retreats, successfully bid to run the campsite that lies between Aber…
Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is stepping up its activity to help save Scotland’s Rainforest thanks to £1.3 million of Scottish Government funding for recovery and restoration work. As well as reinforci…
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Communities across Scotland are being encouraged to talk to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) if they’re interested in exploring how a micro hydro scheme could benefit them. Already 85 hydro sch…
Friday, 17 February 2023
In the wake of Storm Otto, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging visitors to exercise extreme caution if they are visiting woodlands in Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire and Angus. The call comes…
Thursday, 09 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is appealing for help in piecing together a puzzle that its South Region team uncovered in a woodland near Jedburgh. A survey being carried out as part of a land management…
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people living in and around Jedburgh to give their views on the management of Swinnie Forest. Swinnie, which lies 5 miles to the south west of Jedburgh, is 170h…
Thursday, 02 February 2023
Work is to begin later this month to develop 56 environmentally sensitive Forest Holidays cabins at Glentress. This work, which is taking place in and around the current Buzzard’s Nest car park, skil…
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Counting voles and ringing bats is all a day’s work for the five ecology interns on placement with Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) for the next 12 months. They’re working out in the field during a…
Monday, 23 January 2023
Volunteers keen on getting in on a bothy-build are being invited to get in touch with the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA). The build – or renovation – will be of a disused building that has been lic…