Friday, 04 July 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is harvesting conifer trees above the A890 along the shores of Loch Carron in a bid to reduce the risks of rockfall and landslides. The recent spate of storms has resu…
Monday, 30 June 2025
Forestry and land Scotland (FLS) is helping to conserve wild apples (Malus sylvestris) by planting 500 ‘pure’ apple trees donated by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). The wild apple trees are…
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is this year marking 75 years of public forestry conservation work in Glen Affric. FLS now looks after around 68 square miles of the central and lower parts of the Gle…
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Police will carry out patrols to curb illegal motorised activities on Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) sites in Aberdeenshire which is putting members of the public at risk of injury. The repeated una…
Sunday, 22 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has set a new benchmark in its rainforest restoration efforts for 2024-25. Ahead of World Rainforest Day (22nd June) FLS teams working within Scotland’s Rainforest Zon…
Friday, 20 June 2025
As part of a programme of improvement works at its Culloden Woods, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has the agreement of a neighbouring landowner to carry out repairs at the Culloden Clootie Well. &nb…
Monday, 16 June 2025
Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) will next week (23 June) start work on a new mountain bike skills area at Glentress. Expected to be completed mid-October, the skills area will mark the completion o…
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has opened two consultations on Land Management Plans that map out proposals for two forests on the Cowal Peninsula for the next 10 years. The consultations are for Gl…
Monday, 09 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has today named its preferred bidder for the Cruach Mhor windfarm redevelopment in Argyll as Belltown Power UK. Led by a team of renewable energy professionals, Bellto…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has stepped up its peatland restoration on the west coast – contributing to the Scottish Government’s record restoration efforts for 2024-25. FLS teams in the west hav…
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Osprey watchers are being treated to a rarely seen - and possibly never before captured on film – polygamy saga playing out at a nest in the Tweed Valley. Forestry and land Scotland (FLS) cameras are …
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting local people in the vicinity of Glenluce and Kirkcowan to give their views on a ten-year update plan for woodlands and land at Knock of Luce. The plan conc…
Monday, 19 May 2025
An ongoing partnership between Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and a Banchory community group has allowed much needed path improvement works – allowing access in all weather – to be completed in the …
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) have begun the job of planting native trees on the steep slopes above Loch Ness as part of making the A82 safer for road users and the hillside more resilient to the i…