Thursday, 25 August 2022
As it gears up to procure specialist peatland restoration for a new round of contracts, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is surveying forestry contractors to help it scope out the range and capa…
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Visitor management has been an issue across much of the Highlands and Islands in recent years, fuelled in the last couple of years by lockdown regulations and the growth of staycations. While we welco…
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s licensed September cull of female deer is to begin next week as part of its management of the deer population in order to protect Scotland’s national forests. Coming in t…
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting the local community from Whitburn, Harthill, Fauldhouse and Longridge to come along discuss the area and help inform the design of a new woodland. The Polk…
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’ north Region team last month played host to a group of foresters from Ireland who were on a two day fact-finding trip to share expertise on various aspects of modern forest…
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team in the central belt is asking members of the public to report any suspicious activity in local forests. The call comes after a number of incidents where padlocks hav…
Thursday, 04 August 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting anyone with an interest in how Kilsture Forest is managed over the next 20 years to take part in a consultation and make their views known. Lying within the Mach…
Friday, 22 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is trialling the use of drone-captured thermal imaging technology to track deer numbers across 1000 hectares of enclosed conservation woodland around Loch Katrine. Af…
Friday, 22 July 2022
New research commissioned by Scottish Forestry offers evidence that commercial forestry will be the mainstay of climate emergency mitigation in Scotland’s push towards Net Zero. A recently published …
Thursday, 21 July 2022
A landscape scale restoration project that will see an old conifer forest transformed into a modern, ‘mosaic’ forest, starts in earnest this month. Located in a part of West Sutherland renowned for i…
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland have now awarded its five-year, £25-31 million deer management tender for ten major regional contracts. The contracts will bring direct investment in communities acros…
Friday, 15 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is to step up its efforts to manage the larch killing disease Phytophthora ramorum in a bid to get on the front foot in slowing the spread of the disease. First confirmed i…
Friday, 08 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people to offer their views on the development of a new Land Management Plan for Kirroughtree Forest. Kirroughtree - the gateway to the beautiful Gal…
Thursday, 07 July 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is holding a drop in event at Lochgoilhead Village Hall (Wed 20 July, 3pm – 7pm) to give local residents the opportunity to find out how felling plans will affect fore…