Friday, 04 December 2020
Preparatory steps to get the hillside above the Rest and Be Thankful ready for woodland creation will begin later this month. Forestry and Land Scotland, which is working in partnership with Transpor…
Thursday, 03 December 2020
While many organisations claim they take the ‘long view’ not many plan a century or two ahead - but Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) does just that in its work to plant the forests of the future.…
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s West Region team is drawing up long-term emergency plans to deal with the substantial spread of tree disease, Phytophthora ramorum, which attacks larch trees. The steps a…
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Tyrebagger Christmas Tree booking system has been so popular that all of the approximately 3000 slots were allocated in just over a week after going live. Introduced this…
Tuesday, 01 December 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people in Dumfries and Galloway to take part in its development of a new Land Management Plan for Corriedoo – near St John’s Town of Dalry. The plan is concerne…
Friday, 20 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging all forest visitors to avoid lighting fires when out and about in a forest after assessing that a fire-damaged habitat of international importance will take …
Friday, 20 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team on Arran has teamed up with a local garden centre to make sure that residents can still buy their locally gown Christmas trees. With FLS’s Brodick office closed and …
Friday, 20 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is pushing ahead with work on a long awaited path at Glenmore that will help keep visitors to the area safe. With funding from the Cairngorms National Park Authority, FLS a…
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people in Dumfries to take part in the development of the Dalmacallan Land Management Plan. The plan is concerned with 701 ha of coniferous forest situate…
Monday, 16 November 2020
Residents on and visitors to Arran are being urged to help slow the spread of a fatal disease that affects larch trees as Forestry and Land Scotland’s South Region team prepares to tackle an outbreak …
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland’s team in Tayside will not be opening the Christmas Tree sales centres at Inver and Kinnoull this year. With more and more outlets selling trees over the past few years, fe…
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
With Christmas on the horizon, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is gearing up its Tyrebagger Christmas Tree Sales Centre (near Aberdeen) to help families in the north east make Christmas as merry as p…
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has closed off the most challenging of the Moray Monster Trails because it has become unsafe to ride. Closure of the Gully Monster black trail comes after a recent in…
Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Two land reclamation projects on former coalfield sites are set to create woodland, lock up carbon and improve the environment for the benefit of wildlife and local communities. Forestry and Land Sco…