Thursday, 25 April 2024
Many don’t realise that Scotland is home to a native apple species, the wild apple (Malus sylvestris). Due to hybridisation, and historically b...
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Thursday, 25 April 2024
Many don’t realise that Scotland is home to a native apple species, the wild apple (Malus sylvestris). Due to hybridisation, and historically b...
Thursday, 18 April 2024
An ancient elm tree that has stood alone in Glen Affric for hundreds of years is now the guardian over a new generation of its species. Known as the...
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Around 270 species of bees are found in the UK, with nearly 90% solitary species. Some that can be seen in Scotland include the red mason bee, common ...
Thursday, 04 April 2024
We're reaching the steepest part of the A82 next week. This is part of our steep ground felling programme on the hillside overlooking Loch Ne...
Thursday, 01 April 2021
We are recruiting for Delivery Foresters to manage and care for Scotland’s national forests and land. If you enjoy getting outside, working with others and managing forests and land to meet a range of objectives, from increasing timber value to enhancing biodiversity and creating attractive visitor sites; and you are experienced in motivating teams, managing contractors and dealing with ...
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
The following is a guide to accessing the Forestry and Land Scotland website and its content. For information about physical accessibility on the national forests and land managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, visit our Forest Accessibility guide. This website is run by Forestry and Land Scotland. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you shou...
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Here you can find information on how Forestry and Land Scotland handles the information received from our website and social media users. Why collect personal data? We only collect information we need. We use this to: make site improvements respond to your queries send newsletters you've subscribed to publish your comments on our pages improve our service What's collected? We collect ...
Friday, 01 November 2013
We are the Scottish Government agency responsible for managing Scotland’s national forests and land. On 1 April 2019 new Scottish Government agencies were formed to take forward the work previously undertaken by Forestry Commission Scotland and Forest Enterprise Scotland along with the new responsibilities gained following the full devolution of forestry to Scotland. Looking after Scotland...
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
The Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) gives you the right to access information held by us. The Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs) give you a similar right to ask us for environmental information. You do not have to mention this legislation in your request. Anyone can request information – there are no restrictions on your age, nationality or where you live. In p...
Monday, 14 October 2013
Volunteering opportunities Central Scotland Volunteer at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle We do not currently have any opportunities as we have a full complement of volunteers for our visitors centre, details of any future opportunities will be added here when they become available. The Borders Help build and maintain trails with the Glentress Trailfairies The Glentress Trailfairie...
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