Ten-year plan comes to fruition
Monday, 11 September 2023
Volunteers from West Fife Woodlands Group (WFWG) have worked with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to build a new footbridge at Muirside Woods, near Saline. The bridge is a vital link to …
Glenmore Centenary is history in miniature
Friday, 08 September 2023
Minister for Energy and the Environment, Gillian Martin, today (Friday 8 Sept) joined foresters past and present to mark the centenary of Glenmore Forest Park being in public ownership. G…
Walk-and-talk to give insight into forest plans
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) team in Dumfries and Galloway are inviting local people to come along to a walk-and-talk tour (28th September) of the Torrs Warren woodland that lies close to Dunrag…
Foresters create habitat in bid to save rare bee
Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland staff in the Far North have been working to grow a wide range of wildflowers that should help boost numbers of a rare species of bumblebee and boost the fortunes of other po…
Consultation open on Little Clyde woodlands
Friday, 25 August 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is seeking local community feedback on its 10-year Land Management Plan for the Little Clyde woodland. Due SW of Abington and near the villages of Elvanfo…
Wildfires never a flash-in-the-pan
Thursday, 24 August 2023
More than 12 weeks after the initial fire was put out, teams from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) are still monitoring hotspots in Kerrow Forest, at Cannich. The move comes after a fire…
Timber Innovation for Forests of the Future
Monday, 21 August 2023
This article featured in the October edition of the Timber Trades Journal It is now well known that the rate of UK timber imports is not sustainable. In the context of the climate emergen…
Post-UCI Glentress focus shifts to inclusivity
Friday, 18 August 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is getting ready to complete the final stage of its Glentress Masterplan programme as the UCI team clears the last of the 2023 Cycling World Championship infrastructur…
Fungi foragers urged to pick only what they need as some Scottish forests are ‘stripped bare’
Friday, 18 August 2023
People planning to head out to forests this autumn to try their hand at ‘foraging’ – to pick wild mushrooms – are being urged to ‘be sure what you’re picking and pick only what you need’. The call co…
New Blue Trail for Laggan Wolftrax bridges a trail gap
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Work has begun this past week on the build of a new, blue grade mountain bike route at Laggan Wolftrax. The new route is designed to appeal to and encourage less experienced and younger r…
Shared public private deer larder helps reduce deer impacts at landscape scale
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
A private estate near Thurso has become the first ever in Scotland to enter in to a deer larder sharing agreement with Forestry and land Scotland (FLS), in a move designed to encourage collaboration i…
Looking to start a land-based career - FLS is the place to go
Friday, 11 August 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to take a look at the opportunities it can offer through its rolling nationwide recruitment drive. The call co…
Forest safety works to impact A96
Monday, 07 August 2023
Aberdeenshire road users are advised that major forestry works at Tyrebagger Forest, near Dyce, will see traffic management in place on the A96 and the B979 from 15th August. Forestry and…
Glenmore peatland project puts restoration on show
Wednesday, 02 August 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has begun (27 July 2023) restoring 60ha of peatland at the Cairngorm Mountain Resort in Glenmore that will help put the vital mitigation work in the public ey…