Monday, 16 November 2020
Residents on and visitors to Arran are being urged to help slow the spread of a fatal disease that affects larch trees as Forestry and Land Scotland’s South Region team prepares to tackle an outbreak …
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team in Tayside will not be opening the Christmas Tree sales centres at Inver and Kinnoull this year. With more and more outlets selling trees over the past few years, fe…
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
With Christmas on the horizon, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is gearing up its Tyrebagger Christmas Tree Sales Centre (near Aberdeen) to help families in the north east make Christmas as merry as p…
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has closed off the most challenging of the Moray Monster Trails because it has become unsafe to ride. Closure of the Gully Monster black trail comes after a recent in…
Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Two land reclamation projects on former coalfield sites are set to create woodland, lock up carbon and improve the environment for the benefit of wildlife and local communities. Forestry and Land Sco…
Monday, 26 October 2020
One of the people that helped build Cairngorm’s landmark, Utsi’s Bridge (nr Altmore), has made a special trip to the area to be one of the last people to cross it before it is replaced. Bryan Chalmer…
Monday, 26 October 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people in and around East Kintyre to take part in the development of the Carradale Land Management Plan. The plan comprises four forest areas - Deer Hill, Deuch…
Monday, 19 October 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has opened two consultations on Land Management Plans that map out proposals for two Dumfries and Galloway woodlands for the next 20 years. The consultations are for …
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is urging visitors to Campsie Glen to follow the biosecurity ‘Keep it Clean’ advice and help slow the spread of a deadly tree disease. The Glen is one of several sites acro…
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Anyone with an interest in how Forestry and Land Scotland’s Creetown LMP area, around 8 km south east of Newton Stewart, is managed over the next 20 years is invited to take part in a consultation and…
Friday, 02 October 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland has appointed a Head of Harvesting Support to provide strategic direction and practical support to FLS staff, partner organisations and customers on timber harvesting in ord…
Thursday, 01 October 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Central Region team is drawing up long-term emergency plans to deal with the substantial spread of tree disease, Phytophthora ramorum, which attacks larch trees. The step…
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Rural Economy and Tourism Secretary, Fergus Ewing, today welcomed the news that a major £12m tourism development has been given the go-ahead by The Highland Council. The Forest Holidays proposal for …
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people to come and visit a local forest and get the maximum benefit of a walk, run, cycle or wheel in the woods. The invitation comes after new COVID-19 …