Friday, 10 November 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has recently (27 Oct) completed the sale of the Barrandaimh farmhouse - home of the Argyll Beaver Centre - to local community group the Heart of Argyll Wildlife Or…
Friday, 03 November 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has today (Friday 3 Nov) successfully concluded another Community Asset Transfer with Slattadale SCIO that will benefit young people across the area. The Slatta…
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) ongoing efforts to find hi-tech solutions to the practical and logistical issues in forestry practice is tapping into a new range of skills and expertise. FLS’s fou…
Monday, 30 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising local communities, businesses and road users that it is delaying the resumption of its tree felling work on the A82 by Grotaig. Although felling work is be…
Monday, 30 October 2023
New riverbank woodlands are being planted across Scotland to help tackle rising temperatures due to climate change, restore habitats and reinstate healthy river systems that support some of Scotland's…
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland are trialling an extension of its popular ‘Stay the Night’ scheme to run over winter at some locations Instead of closing at the end of October, around 24 car parks a…
Friday, 20 October 2023
Winter visitors to Roseisle Forest will need to follow diversions that will take them around Forestry and Land Scotland thinning operations and help ensure their personal safety. A series …
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is looking to negotiate a 12-month contract extension with catering provider, Cobbs, to ensure that Glenmore visitor centre and café remain open as a community buy-out…
Friday, 13 October 2023
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, today (Fri 13 Oct) welcomed the launch of Forestry and Land Scotland’s new Communities Strategy ahead of Community Land Wee…
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Ecologists are beginning their autumn survey of voles in the Cairngorms Connect project area, which covers over 60,000 hectares of the national park and aims to restore its habitats, species and ecolo…
Monday, 09 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising people in areas badly affected by the weekend’s heavy rainfall to not risk using forest roads in an effort to bypass flooding. FLS has warned that forest …
Thursday, 05 October 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising walkers, cyclists and horse riders that from October ’23 until summer ’24 they will be diverted to the Low route on the Great Glen Way between Invermoriston and …
Friday, 29 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising hillwalkers and other visitors that its Glen Lochy Car Park will close for up to 12 weeks from 1st October 2023 to allow improvement works to be carried out.&nbs…
Friday, 29 September 2023
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, visited Glen Prosen this week (Thu 28 Sept) to learn first-hand how the site could become an exemplar for integrated land m…