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...
Thursday, 09 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising members of the public to avoid an aera of woodland around Bullwood quarry in Corlarach Forest, near Dunoon, as it carries out felling work to deal with tree disease, Phytophthora ramorum. There is no known cure or treatment for the disease, which affects a number of shrub and tree species but which usually kills Larch trees. The only method of dealing with o...
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has teamed up with NatureScot to next week (Monday 13 March) stage a seminar on how to get involved in peatland restoration work. The online seminar is part of a series promoting nature-based skills and the opportunities that they open up. Aimed at people interested in getting into the sector or looking for a career change, this talk will provide examples of vocational ...
Thursday, 02 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Cobleland camping ground will be under new management from 1 March. Holiday park company, Allseasons Retreats, successfully bid to run the campsite that lies between Aberfoyle and Gartmore on the eastern edge of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. The management team - Oliver Paul and David Broadhead – have extensive experience of planning, developing ...
Thursday, 02 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is stepping up its activity to help save Scotland’s Rainforest thanks to £1.3 million of Scottish Government funding for recovery and restoration work. As well as reinforcing FLS’s rhododendron removal work and deer management, the funding will also secure dedicated Rainforest staff who will liaise with other partners in the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforests to...
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Communities across Scotland are being encouraged to talk to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) if they’re interested in exploring how a micro hydro scheme could benefit them. Already 85 hydro schemes are hosted on land managed by FLS. Seven of these are community-owned from Loch Broom and Mull to Raasay and Loch Lomond. The others are a mix of private owners/operators and renewables de...