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A83 slip-remediation progress

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”…

Activity sheets to bring the outdoors in for youngsters

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…

Safety reminder as essential timber supplies released

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…

FLS urges people to stay local for the Easter weekend

Wednesday, 08 April 2020

FLS urges people to stay local for the Easter weekendAhead of the long Easter weekend Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is reminding people that all of its car parks and visitor facilities remain c…

FLS becomes a proud Corporate Parent

Tuesday, 07 April 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has become a Corporate Parent ( #proudcorporateparent ) Stemming from the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Part 9), Corporate Parenting enlists the supp…

A83 slip recovery work ongoing

Friday, 03 April 2020

Essential work to remediate and make safe the area of hillside that slipped and blocked the A83 earlier this year (29 January) is forging ahead. Taking care to maintain social distancing and to obser…

Double boost for Freshwater pearl mussels

Monday, 09 March 2020

A watercourse survey carried out ahead of work to replace culverts has uncovered a previously unknown colony of freshwater pearl mussels in north Highland.   The habitat improvement work – sup…

Secret bunker unearthed in Scottish Borders

Monday, 09 March 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has recently unearthed a secret WW2 underground bunker whilst carrying out felling operations in the Scottish Borders. It is thought that the small bunker in Craigiel…

Views sought on 20-year plan for Westfield Woodland

Wednesday, 04 March 2020

Anyone with an interest in how Westfield Woodland, near Alyth, is managed over the next 20 years is invited to take part in a consultation being run by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The plan incl…

Public warned over safety signs

Tuesday, 03 March 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland is urging the public to take notice and act on the safety signs erected as felling continues at Beinn Ghuilean. The warning comes as some members of the public appear to be…

Plan to re-green coal sites takes another leap forward

Tuesday, 03 March 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) programme of converting vacant and derelict land into new forests is soon to reach another major milestone this spring, when a newly remediated site is handed over f…