Friday, 14 April 2023
Prospective contractors that might be interested in providing Specialist Peatland Restoration Services to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) are being inviting to register for a webinar next week (Wed 19 April, 2.00 to 4.00). Organised by the Supplier Development Programme team, the event aims to inform and support suppliers that are interested in bidding for elements of the £66million contract. ...
Thursday, 13 April 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising visitors to Glentress that from 17 April the café and bike shop will close for up to two months while the boardwalk is replaced. Installing the replacement surface is the latest phase of FLS’ £6 million investment in the Masterplan development programme that will help mark out the Tweed Valley as a top-flight visitor destination. Although the café and ...
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people living in and around Heathhall to come along to a drop-in event next week (Tuesday 18 April) to give their views on how the local woodland is to be managed over the next decade. The event will be held at Lochthorn Library (Edinburgh Road, Dumfries) from 2pm to 6pm, and local residents are welcome to come along to meet FLS staff, find out about plans f...
Monday, 03 April 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is reminding everyone that enjoying a fun Easter weekend forest visits will depend on visitors remembering their three Rs - being respectful, responsible and resourceful. With thousands of visitors making their way to the great outdoors over the Easter holidays a bit of kindness and consideration will go a long way to helping everyone having great days out. The s...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) will be hosting a drop in event at Callander Youth Project on Tuesday 4th April (2.30pm to 7pm) to give local resident an opportunity to find out more about its plans for forests in the Callander area. The Callander Forest land management plan, which sets out how FLS intends to manage the local forests over the next 10 years, covers Coilhallan, Callander Cra...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Civil engineering students across Scotland are being urged to consider a career working in forests instead of urban environments. Civil engineers are in great demand at Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS); the national forestry body has vacancies for engineers to work in locations around Scotland. Last month a team from FLS visited the University of Strathclyde to talk to engineering students and to...
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has published (31 March) its business plan for 2023/24 Setting out the year's ambitious business targets, milestones and performance indicators, the plan makes firm commitments on key business areas such as timber production, woodland creation, and peatland restoration. It also underlines the ongoing contributions to the Climate Emergency effort, community asset transf...
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has announced that the By The Loch Group will take on management of the Forestry and Land Scotland campsite at Cashel, Rowardennan, by Loch Lomond A new dedicated Scottish outdoor business, the By The Loch Group has been established by the management team behind the multi-award-winning Holdfast Entertainment Company which recently took on the FLS campsite at Glenm...
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s popular ‘Stay the Night’ is returning to around 36 car parks across Scotland for the 2023 season. From 1 April until 31 October 2022, self-contained motorhomes and campervans (with all facilities including toilet inside the vehicle) will be permitted to park overnight, for one night only, in some of our car parks.. This year, FLS will also b...
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising visitors that its Tentsmuir Beach car park will be closed for repairs from Monday 27 March until Friday 31 March. FLS will be carrying out the work on the main visitor access road between the pay barrier and the car park. The works will not affect the residents at Kinshaldy. FLS Area Visitor Services Manager, Robin Lofthouse, said; “With the weath...
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland says that the stresses of dealing with tree diseases is bring out the very best of all its foresters. Tree diseases can have a devastating effect on a forest, infecting and often killing hundreds or thousands of susceptible species. There is no known cure or treatment for these diseases and the only available means of slowing the disease’ progress to new, unaffected ...
Thursday, 16 March 2023
A ‘virtual fence’ GPS collar used on cattle, is being singled out as an exemplar of how rural industries can benefit by embracing digital technologies in Scotland. The collars, first used in 2022 by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) on cattle grazing a trial site in Dumfries & Galloway, has been so successful that FLS are using the collars for a second season this spring. The forestry bod...