Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland has built a new bridge to provide safer woodland access to people visiting the Clootie Well and surrounding woodlands at Munlochy. The new bridge, on the ‘Woodland Trail’ (Red Trail) that lies to the west of the Well, improves access and will help to keep the site accessible for visitors when some forestry work takes place later this year. FLS Seasonal Ranger, Kirs...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Douglas Primary School pupils last month rolled up their sleeves to help plant 250 trees at a community event at Mainshill, a former coal site that is now managed by Forestry and Land Scotland. Around 130 enthusiastic children and teachers were joined by members of the local community to help plant the trees, which will form part of the larger woodland being created on the site. Roddy McTa...
Monday, 04 April 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising forest visitors that access to Leanachan Forest (near Fort William) will be limited for extended periods while major forestry operations are carried out. The planned works, a mix of civil engineering and harvesting, will take place from May this year to March 2023, and while access to the whole forest will be affected, there will be a particular impact on th...
Friday, 01 April 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is warning that visitors who persist in arriving at closed forests and then park inconsiderately are going to end up causing an accident. Last week, after parking issues at the popular Scolty Woods, FLS asked visitors to always check the online forest updates and to avoid visiting locations that are still closed for safety reasons. However, last weekend’s great...
Friday, 01 April 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is urging people to be more considerate and follow advice to stay away from closed, storm-damaged forests. The call comes after visitors to Screel Hill – a closed forest south of Castle Douglas - have been parking inconsiderately at roadside and in field entrances, which is disrupting other road users, the local community and farm businesses. Robin Fuller, FLS Forest...
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is asking visitors to avoid Tentsmuir Forest car park towards the end of March. The access road to the car park will be closed, week commencing Monday 21 March, to allow FLS to carry out a general repair of the road. Robin Lofthouse, FLS Area Visitor Services Manager, said; “The road has been in need of some attention for a while and with the our teams all foc...
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is reminding people that they should stay away from forests that have been badly damaged in the recent storms. The call to heed FLS advice comes after some visitors arriving at the closed Scolty Woods car park (by Banchory) have been parking inconsiderately and blocking the through road. Fiona Robertson, FLS Area Visitor Services Manager, said; “Scolty Woods i...
Friday, 11 March 2022
The sanctions being levied as part of the global community’s united response against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are a concerted effort to halt the war. This effort is to be supported and welcomed, and individuals and businesses are setting themselves to respond to the knock-on effects that are beginning to make themselves felt across Europe. One of the most keenly felt consequences is the ...
Wednesday, 09 March 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is repeating its ‘Stay the Night’ initiative and permitting campervan and motorhomes to use 41 of its car parks across Scotland for overnight stays. Stay the Night will run from Friday 1 April until 31 October 2022, full details including a list and location map of all the sites will be available online in the next few weeks. The participating sites will ...
Wednesday, 09 March 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting anyone living across North Lanarkshire to give their views on a proposed ten-year management plan for the Heart of Scotland Forests. Woodland areas covered by the plan include Rawyards, Chapelhall, Dunsyston, Wester Moffat, Eastfield and Arns/Fannyside. Key considerations in the plan include the creation of peatland habitat, controlling the spread of ...
Tuesday, 08 March 2022
Young people from a wide range of backgrounds are applying their newly acquired skills to careers in forestry thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) apprenticeships programme. FLS is supporting 40 apprenticeships (spanning Trees and Timber, Mechanical Engineering Services, Procurement, Finance and Data Science, Business Admin.), and which include seven Mid-Year Forestry students who...
Tuesday, 08 March 2022
After the devastating effects of this winter’s storms and in a bid to restore Scotland’s woodland, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is calling on people to consider a career in forestry though their modern apprenticeship programme. The huge clearance effort requires a bigger workforce, and so FLS is currently recruiting for a number of key apprenticeship roles, with the opportunity to learn a...