Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Local residents in and around Port of Monteith, Buchlyvie and Gartmore are being invited by Forestry and Land (FLS) to offer feedback on long-term plans for the forests and land they manage in the area. The consultation is part of the normal ten-year review of FLS’ Land Management Plan (LMP) for the area. The Forth Mosses LMP combines the management of the existing Flanders Moss forest plan, a...
Wednesday, 06 December 2023
A new glasshouse that’s almost as big as two football pitches and capable of producing up to 19 million trees a year for planting out into the forests of the future, will soon be built at a nursery in Scotland. Forestry & Land Scotland’s (FLS) Newton Nursery is set for a major modernisation in 2024 that will see the nursery provide more trees to support Scotland’s ambitious tree plantin...
Friday, 01 December 2023
Three pairs of beavers were earlier this month released at sites managed by Forestry Land Scotland (FLS) in support of the Scottish Government’s policy to reinforce existing beaver populations. The animals have been relocated from sites in Tayside to other locations in Tayside and in Knapdale where there is low risk of beaver-human conflict. A solitary male was also released at Knapdale, where...
Monday, 27 November 2023
Communities on the eastern side of Loch Linnhe are the latest to benefit from a successful completion of another Forestry and Land Scotland community asset transfer. Through the Nether Lochaber Community Association (NLCA), residents from Inchree to North Ballachulish have taken ownership of the Inchree Barn, that they plan to renovate and develop as a new community hub. With plans to use the ba...
Friday, 24 November 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising Mull residents and visitors that access to the main Aros Park driveway will be closed for two weeks from Monday 4 December. There will allow FLS teams cut back overgrown vegetation and work to make safe large and potentially dangerous trees. However, the Park will still be accessible on foot, with banksmen working on either side of the mobile ...
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging dog owners to be extra vigilant when choosing a dog sitter, following a series of incidents involving irresponsible professional dog walkers in East Dunbartonshire. Some professional sitters walk too many dogs at the one time and cannot control them – or clean up after them. A Spokesperson for Forestry and Land Scotland said: “Un...
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Five of the panel members who evaluate asset transfer applications for Forestry and Land Scotland visited Lower Ardochy recently (22 October) to see the positive impact of their work. The group travelled to Invergarry to meet representatives of Glengarry Community Woodlands (GCW), the Woodland Crofts Partnership, and the Communities Housing Trust (CHT), to catch up on progress being made on...
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 Organisation (HAWO). The group’s successful asset transfer request centred on the purchase of 0.52 hectares of land in Knapdale, including the buildings housing the Beaver Centre. ...
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 Slattadale group had applied through FLS’s Community Asset Transfer Scheme to purchase 0.58 hectares of land at Slattadale to develop a sustainable off-campus outdoor education facility. This will ...
Tuesday, 31 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 across Moray, Perthshire, Argyll, Stirlingshire the Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway, will remain open for visitors in self-contained campervans and motorhomes looking for an overnight stopping p...
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 fourth collaboration with CivTech aims to improve the effectiveness of wildlife management and has set the challenge of developing new technological approaches to wildlife tracking in the rugged Scot...
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 being put back until the New Year, traffic management will remain in place for public safety while experts deal with geo-technical issues at the site. FLS Planning Manager, Ian Allso...