Friday, 15 May 2020
State forestry organisations from Latvia, Barbados and Australia have all expressed a keen interest in learning more about some pioneering solutions being developed to try and improve the yield from S…
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Anyone with an interest in how Forestry and Land Scotland’s Ashiestiel site, 6 km east of Walkerburn, is managed over the next 20 years is invited to take part in a consultation and give their views. …
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Anyone with an interest in how Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) Piperhill site (2 km east of Sinclairston, East Ayrshire) is managed over the next 10 years is invited to take part in a consultation …
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Traffic management at Glen Croe on the A83 has been removed (2nd of May) thanks to the completion of landslip protection work at the roadside. The catchpit - large enough to capture the volume…
Monday, 11 May 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland has vowed to deliver as much as possible of its business plan for 2020/21– with the preparations required for an eventual return to normal duties post-COVID19 underway. Wit…
Monday, 04 May 2020
An unusual archaeological survey by Forestry and Land Scotland has added a new chapter to an old story – of a hidden fort built by William Wallace. The Dumfriesshire site is recorded in The New…
Friday, 01 May 2020
A former visitor centre in Ardgartan that has been out of use for some time has been re-purposed…as a food bank distribution point to support the community in Arrochar and Tarbet. Forestry and …
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has commended Forestry and Land Scotland’s move to help suppliers weather the COVID-19 lockdown and ensure that essential timber supplies will continue to suppor…
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
As the extreme fire risk warning continues across Scotland, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging all members of the public to observe wildfire prevention guidance to avoid putting the emergency …
Monday, 27 April 2020
Young, budding artists have been offered the chance to become a character in new artwork created to support Forestry and Land Scotland’s Into the Wildwoods learning resource – by drawing their own Mes…
Friday, 24 April 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland has advised that there is likely to be a one week delay in reopening both lanes of the A83 at the Rest & Be Thankful. Work to complete a catch-pit at the bo…
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Essential remediation work at the Rest and Be Thankful is on target to see traffic management measures on the A83 at the recent landslip site removed by Monday 26 April. Completion of the “catch pit”…
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
If you are running out of ideas to keep younger children occupied during lockdown, then Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) may have something that could help. FLS has created a series of activity sheet…
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
As the national effort to tackled the Coronavirus continues and local people visit local forests on foot, by bike or by wheelchair to take their daily exercise, Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) is r…