Friday, 19 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) Tyrebagger Christmas Tree Sales Centre (near Aberdeen) will again make use of the booking system introduced last year. Originally put in place at the height of COVI…
Friday, 19 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Fife based team is asking residents in Oakley (Fife) to help put a stop to vandalism in the area. The call comes after some vegetation at Blairhouse was deliberately set …
Monday, 15 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is preparing for felling work at Cologin Forest by Lerags, just south of Oban, in a bid to limit the impact of a deadly tree disease. Phytophthora ramorum, which mainly aff…
Monday, 15 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is getting ready to fell diseased trees at a second site on Beinn Ghuilean (near Campbeltown). FLS has been served with a Statutory Plant Health Notice that requires that t…
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is gauging market interest in visitor services at all of its key sites across Scotland. With potential opportunities for businesses of all sizes – including community enter…
Friday, 05 November 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is consulting on a draft Visitor Strategy that will shape its /visitor and tourism offering in years to come. FLS is aiming to increase accessibility and encou…
Friday, 29 October 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland’s ‘Stay the Night’ initiative allowing campervan and motorhomes to use 32 its car parks across Scotland for overnight stays is to end on Sunday 31 October. Originally estab…
Thursday, 28 October 2021
Everyone knows that planting trees is vital for the effort for capturing carbon emissions and mitigating the impact of the Climate Emergency. But cutting down trees – when it’s part of sustainable fo…
Monday, 25 October 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting Arran residents to take part in the development of the Merkland Land Management Plan. The 681ha productive forest lies just to the north of Brodick …
Monday, 18 October 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland has begun the latest phase of its steep ground felling work at Loch Ness-side (Mon 18 Oct). The work at Grotaig, between Drumnadrochit and Invermoriston, will clear the mat…
Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is consulting on its new, three-year Corporate Plan (2022-2025). Setting out the organisation’s proposed direction of travel and priorities for the next three years, …
Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Environment Minister, Mairi McAllan, has highlighted Forestry and Land Scotland as a place for young people as the organisation reached the milestone of having 40 Work Based Learning placements. The …
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has again appealed for visitors to find alternative destinations to Ben A’an as car park extension work begins next week (28/09/2021) Work to add another 26 spaces to…
Monday, 13 September 2021
With Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) due to begin extension work at Ben A’an car park towards the end of this month (28/09/2021) visitors are being asked to be considerate and take the opportunity to…