Thursday, 05 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising walkers, cyclists and horse riders that from October ’23 until summer ’24 they will be diverted to the Low route on the Great Glen Way between Invermoriston and …
Friday, 29 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising hillwalkers and other visitors that its Glen Lochy Car Park will close for up to 12 weeks from 1st October 2023 to allow improvement works to be carried out.&nbs…
Friday, 29 September 2023
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, visited Glen Prosen this week (Thu 28 Sept) to learn first-hand how the site could become an exemplar for integrated land m…
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
A breeding pair of White-tailed Eagles has set up home in a Caithness woodland managed by Forestry and Land Scotland. Thought to be the first successful breeding pair in the area in almost 100 …
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has appointed a dive team to carry out a check of the Glencoe Lochan sluice gate ahead of a mandatory ten-year inspection next month. The move comes ahead…
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has started work to extend the car park at Learnie Red Rocks mountain bike trails. The addition of 25 extra spaces will help cater for the growing number of mountain bikers…
Monday, 11 September 2023
The spectacular recovery of pine martens in Scotland is on the agenda for a gathering of pine marten experts in the Cairngorms. Researchers from around the world will be attending the Internati…
Monday, 11 September 2023
Volunteers from West Fife Woodlands Group (WFWG) have worked with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to build a new footbridge at Muirside Woods, near Saline. The bridge is a vital link to …
Friday, 08 September 2023
Minister for Energy and the Environment, Gillian Martin, today (Friday 8 Sept) joined foresters past and present to mark the centenary of Glenmore Forest Park being in public ownership. G…
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) team in Dumfries and Galloway are inviting local people to come along to a walk-and-talk tour (28th September) of the Torrs Warren woodland that lies close to Dunrag…
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland staff in the Far North have been working to grow a wide range of wildflowers that should help boost numbers of a rare species of bumblebee and boost the fortunes of other po…
Friday, 25 August 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is seeking local community feedback on its 10-year Land Management Plan for the Little Clyde woodland. Due SW of Abington and near the villages of Elvanfo…
Thursday, 24 August 2023
More than 12 weeks after the initial fire was put out, teams from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) are still monitoring hotspots in Kerrow Forest, at Cannich. The move comes after a fire…
Monday, 21 August 2023
This article featured in the October edition of the Timber Trades Journal It is now well known that the rate of UK timber imports is not sustainable. In the context of the climate emergen…