Monday, 11 October 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is consulting on its new, three-year Corporate Plan (2022-2025). Setting out the organisation’s proposed direction of travel and priorities for the next three years, the draft plan describes actions and priorities that will contribute to the delivery of a number of Scottish Government priorities. The consultation will run from 11th October until 22nd November 2...
Friday, 08 October 2021
Environment Minister, Mairi McAllan, has highlighted Forestry and Land Scotland as a place for young people as the organisation reached the milestone of having 40 Work Based Learning placements. The 40 students (13 women and 27 men) are working across a range of disciplines, including forestry, mechanical engineering, finance, procurement business admin and data science, either as part of an Appr...
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has again appealed for visitors to find alternative destinations to Ben A’an as car park extension work begins next week (28/09/2021) Work to add another 26 spaces to the honey-pot site in a bid to help ease congestion, has been made possible with support from the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund, and is expected to be completed by December, depending on t...
Monday, 13 September 2021
With Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) due to begin extension work at Ben A’an car park towards the end of this month (28/09/2021) visitors are being asked to be considerate and take the opportunity to visit an alternative local site. Work to add another 26 spaces to the honey-pot site in a bid to help ease congestion, has been made possible with support from the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fun...
Thursday, 09 September 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) has announced that enabling works facilitating the long awaited £multi-million redevelopment at Glentress are to begin at the end of September with the demolition of six unused buildings. After almost 18 months of delays, resulting from COVID-19 lockdown, work is underway to realise the infrastructure developments and facility improvements at the site that wi...
Friday, 03 September 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising hillwalkers that the climbers car park at South Ballachulish, which gives access to Beinn a Bheither, will be closed until mid-November as the Gleann a Caolais micro-hydro installation work is carried out. With FLS tree felling work completed, contractors and the community development company are beginning the next phase of the operation. FLS’ Area Visito...
Thursday, 02 September 2021
With Scottish Venison Day (4th September) fast approaching, Forestry & Land Scotland is encouraging consumers to eat more wild venison. As land managers across the country work hard to keep Scotland’s deer numbers to a sustainable level, high quality venison is in plentiful supply. Speaking about Scottish Venison Day 2021, Ian Fergusson, FLS’ Head of Wildlife Management, said: “...
Monday, 30 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting people in and around Aberfeldy and Kenmore to take part in the development of Drummond Hill Land Management Plan. Drummond Hill, which lays claim to being the first managed forest in Scotland with planting having started in the 17th century, stands above Loch Tay and is an important site for wildlife and recreation. However, the need to remove larch t...
Friday, 27 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is to begin repair work on the bridge on the lower section of the Puck’s Glen Gorge Trail, next week (30 Aug). The work to remedy undercutting by the fast flowing water in the gorge is expected to take between six and eight weeks to complete. The bridge will remain closed throughout and the Gorge and car park will be completely closed from 9th – 12th September. How...
Friday, 27 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is to carry out a cull of female deer in September as it manages increasing levels of negative impact from deer in Scotland’s national forests. Deer numbers across Scotland have doubled to almost a million now from 500,000 in 1990, leading to the recent call from the Independent Deer Working Group for proactive deer management. At any one time on Scotland...
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Forestry’s central importance to Scotland’s journey to Net Zero was the focus of a visit to a brownfield restoration site today (24 August) by Màiri McAllan, Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform. Ms McAllan joined Forestry and Land Scotland staff and local community representatives at Mainshill, near Douglas, a former open cast coal mine in her Clydesdale constituency that ...
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Scotland must seize the opportunity to rapidly increase planting of productive forestry to offset the full impact of future timber supply shocks. Forestry and Land Scotland says that the UK as a whole – which currently imports 80% [note 5] of its annual timber requirement – is far too vulnerable to fluctuations in the global market. But it also says that Scotland is well placed to mit...