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Plan to re-green coal sites takes another leap forward

Tuesday, 03 March 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) programme of converting vacant and derelict land into new forests is soon to reach another major milestone this spring, when a newly remediated site is handed over f…

South Region’s Apprentices powering ahead

Monday, 02 March 2020

Trainees in the south of Scotland are going from strength to strength under Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) Modern Apprentice programme. Already six out of the seven Modern Apprentices have secure…

Forest thinning work begins mid-February

Monday, 20 January 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland’s South Region team is advising members of the public that work will soon be underway to prepare for tree felling in Mark Hill Forest, Kippford. Preparatory work – to make …

Felling on Arran to remove diseased Ash trees

Wednesday, 04 December 2019

Forestry and Land Scotland’s Arran-based team has advised that short periods of closure will affect the Glenashdale Falls path this winter as diseased Ash trees are to be felled and removed from the s…

New ideas for making the most of Scotland's tree seed

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Finding a technological solution to improving the yield from Scotland’s existing seed stock has taken a step forward – with ideas put forward by five companies winning research and development funding…

International attention for deer management approach

Friday, 15 November 2019

Forestry and Land Scotland’s successful approach to deer management programme has attracted international attention. Three members of the Latvian Forestry Service recently spent three days with FLS…

Arran's Giants' Graves path closed

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Forestry and Land Scotland’s Arran-based team is advising members of the public that the ‘Giants Graves’ trail above Whiting Bay is to be closed from 18 Nov until Spring 2020. The path, which leads t…