Thursday, 25 June 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s peatland restoration work at the 30ha Meall an Lochain site in Benmore Forest (Sutherland) has resumed as the organisation restarts its work programmes in line with …
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
-->Forestry and Land Scotland’s team at the Newton Tree Nursery (near Elgin) has started back to work sowing seed to grow the trees of the future that will be urgently required as forestry resumes its…
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is appealing for help from the people of Campbeltown to keep a felling site at Beinn Ghuilean safe. The call comes ahead of the resumption of tree felling work (29 Ju…
Monday, 22 June 2020
Cuningar Loop, the urban woodland park in the heart of Glasgow has proved a real boon to local residents looking for lockdown exercise. Ideally situated for residents of Parkhead, Bridgeton and Ruthe…
Thursday, 18 June 2020
A new method of restoring sand dunes to their pristine and natural condition is being trialed by Forestry and Land Scotland at Morrich More, a site near Tain in East Sutherland. The project aims to r…
Monday, 15 June 2020
Plans for a £6m project to redevelop the Scottish Crannog Centre on the north shore of Loch Tay are one step closer to being realised, thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland’s Community Asset Transfer S…
Friday, 05 June 2020
An innovative prototype system for automating tree seed planting and propagation has been hailed as a saviour for Scotland’s tree planting programme impacted by COVID-19 The new system emerged as a r…
Wednesday, 03 June 2020
A European Protected Species – the endangered Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) - has been given a boost at its most northerly UK outpost thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland’s creation of a pon…
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
Anyone with an interest in how Forestry and Land Scotland’s Glenwhan site, around 9 km east of Stranraer, is managed over the next 20 years is invited to take part in a consultation and give their vie…
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
Urgent forestry work required at Puck’s Glen will mean that all access will be stopped – except for the Big Tree trail, which will also have some diversions in place. Forestry and Land Sco…
Monday, 01 June 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland has been working with Raasay Development Trust (RDT) to help keep a renewable energy scheme on track. The Inverarish Hydro Scheme is the first application of its kind…
Friday, 29 May 2020
Laser equipped drones that can ‘see’ the lay of the land beneath a forest canopy are helping Forestry and Land Scotland to plan how it manages woodlands. The LIDAR drones have been helping FLS’s East…
Thursday, 28 May 2020
As people begin to enjoy the outdoors more following the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions, FLS is encouraging everyone to exercise their patience first and foremost. The call from FLS Chief Execu…
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Ahead of the May long weekend (22 – 25 May) Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is reminding people that all of its car parks and visitor facilities remain closed as part of Scotland’s response to the ch…