Friday, 01 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team in Aberdeenshire and Tayside has completed a massive effort to gather the detailed data that will inform the complex planning of full-scale recovery work in its storm…
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Almost 150 community groups across Scotland are taking the opportunity to benefit their communities thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) leading role in community empowerment. In its fifth an…
Monday, 27 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Steep Ground Felling Programme along the A82 is the most technically challenging timber harvesting in Britain. Carried out on dangerously steep slopes immediately beside …
Friday, 24 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is on the lookout for new forester for Arran. With the previous Forester, Andy Walker, having retired in March 2022, the local FLS team is keen to attract someone who is re…
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Environment Minister, Mairi McAllan, yesterday (Wednesday 22 June) viewed Climate Emergency adaptation first hand during a visit to Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) steep ground timber harvesting si…
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland has had to revise its improvement works at Aros Park, Mull, after inspectors have deemed the Alainn Tower unfit for purpose after discovering extensive rot within the struct…
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
As part of its bid to help halt biodiversity loss, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is calling on all visitors to its destinations to play their part and be mindful that forests are not there just for…
Friday, 10 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising all visitors to its forest destinations to avoid touching dead or apparently dying birds. The call comes in response to increasing numbers of reports of dead bi…
Tuesday, 07 June 2022
Cows will be kept under control with GPS collars linked to satellites, in a trial of virtual fence technology - the first in Scotland by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The system, pioneered …
Tuesday, 07 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland has tested the viability of using drones to plant tree seed on the hillside above the A83 in Glen Croe. The trial was carried out in March as part of FLS’ contribution to t…
Monday, 06 June 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is warning members of the public to find avoid the Tyrebagger and Scolty forests and find alternative destinations to visits as storm clear up work begins in earnest. Heavy…
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Visitors to Forestry and Land Scotland’s Aros Park on Mull will soon be able to try out a new free activity – Disc Golf. The sport, popularised in the US but now a fast-growing sport world-wide, requ…
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is reminding forest visitors that forestry operations will begin in Leanachan Forest (near Fort William) from this week. There are two distinct phases of work. From May ’22…
Monday, 30 May 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting feedback from people across Scotland on how to further grow its work with communities across the country and make best use of Scotland's national forest and land…