Monday, 11 August 2025
Trails at Laggan Wolftrax have been upgraded and improved to allow riders using adaptive bikes to enjoy the mountain biking on offer. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and the community run Laggan Fore…
Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland work to repair two masonry bridges in Rosehall Forest (nr Lairg) to allow access for timber harvesting has taken around two years to complete as experts worked around a colo…
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Significant strides are being made at Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) new state-of-the-art Newton Nursery as the site moves towards being fully operational. Since the handover of the site in Februa…
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
Thermal drone imaging technology operated by Forestry and Land Scotland and normally used to count deer, has helped SFRS to identify and deal with remaining hotspots following a fire on Dava Moor. The…
Friday, 04 July 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is harvesting conifer trees above the A890 along the shores of Loch Carron in a bid to reduce the risks of rockfall and landslides. The recent spate of storms has resu…
Monday, 30 June 2025
Forestry and land Scotland (FLS) is helping to conserve wild apples (Malus sylvestris) by planting 500 ‘pure’ apple trees donated by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). The wild apple trees are…
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is this year marking 75 years of public forestry conservation work in Glen Affric. FLS now looks after around 68 square miles of the central and lower parts of the Gle…
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Police will carry out patrols to curb illegal motorised activities on Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) sites in Aberdeenshire which is putting members of the public at risk of injury. The repeated una…
Sunday, 22 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has set a new benchmark in its rainforest restoration efforts for 2024-25. Ahead of World Rainforest Day (22nd June) FLS teams working within Scotland’s Rainforest Zon…
Friday, 20 June 2025
As part of a programme of improvement works at its Culloden Woods, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has the agreement of a neighbouring landowner to carry out repairs at the Culloden Clootie Well. &nb…
Monday, 16 June 2025
Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) will next week (23 June) start work on a new mountain bike skills area at Glentress. Expected to be completed mid-October, the skills area will mark the completion o…
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has opened two consultations on Land Management Plans that map out proposals for two forests on the Cowal Peninsula for the next 10 years. The consultations are for Gl…
Monday, 09 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has today named its preferred bidder for the Cruach Mhor windfarm redevelopment in Argyll as Belltown Power UK. Led by a team of renewable energy professionals, Bellto…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has stepped up its peatland restoration on the west coast – contributing to the Scottish Government’s record restoration efforts for 2024-25. FLS teams in the west hav…