Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team in the central belt is asking members of the public to report any suspicious activity in local forests. The call comes after a number of incidents where padlocks hav…
Thursday, 04 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting anyone with an interest in how Kilsture Forest is managed over the next 20 years to take part in a consultation and make their views known. Lying within the Mac…
Friday, 22 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is trialling the use of drone-captured thermal imaging technology to track deer numbers across 1000 hectares of enclosed conservation woodland around Loch Katrine. Af…
Friday, 22 July 2022
New research commissioned by Scottish Forestry offers evidence that commercial forestry will be the mainstay of climate emergency mitigation in Scotland’s push towards Net Zero. A recently published …
Thursday, 21 July 2022
A landscape scale restoration project that will see an old conifer forest transformed into a modern, ‘mosaic’ forest, starts in earnest this month. Located in a part of West Sutherland renowned for i…
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland have now awarded its five-year, £25-31 million deer management tender for ten major regional contracts. The contracts will bring direct investment in communities acros…
Friday, 15 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is to step up its efforts to manage the larch killing disease Phytophthora ramorum in a bid to get on the front foot in slowing the spread of the disease. First confirmed i…
Friday, 08 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people to offer their views on the development of a new Land Management Plan for Kirroughtree Forest. Kirroughtree - the gateway to the beautiful Gal…
Thursday, 07 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is holding a drop in event at Lochgoilhead Village Hall (Wed 20 July, 3pm – 7pm) to give local residents the opportunity to find out how felling plans will affect fore…
Thursday, 07 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting the local community from Hartwood, Allanton and Shotts to come along discuss the area and help inform the design of a new woodland. Hartwood Home Farm was…
Wednesday, 06 July 2022
A spate of recent complaints about dogs has prompted Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and Renfrewshire Council’s Wardens Service to remind dog owners of their responsibilities. At some woodland locat…
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Culbin Forest will host an elite group of athletes this weekend (Saturday 9 July) as they chase down a place in the GB Orienteering Team ahead of two top-flight events. Around 30 athletes are vy…
Friday, 01 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland has teamed up with Network Rail to explore how they can better work together to manage the risks and challenges on land where they are neighbours. Access, harvesting and dr…
Friday, 01 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is again asking visitors to its woodlands to avoid Scolty Woods so as not to cause any unnecessary delay to the efforts to open up the forest for safe access. The woo…