Monday, 12 February 2024
Balmacara Community Trust has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase 9.2 hectares of land known as Balmacara Campsite for commercial camping and caravan provision operated by Reraig Caravan and Camping, a dedicated Trust office and storage space, public toilet, laundry, performance area and shelter, and woodland recreation. Documents Asset Transfer Request BCT Articles of Association...
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Aviemore and Glenmore Community Trust (AGCT) has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase around 0.55 hectares of land including the Glenmore Visitor Centre and Car Park to foster sustainable social and economic growth in the local community and enhance the visitor experience in Glenmore. Decision notice Glenmore Visitor Centre and Car Park – Decision Notice Glenmore Visitor Centre a...
Monday, 13 November 2023
Conservation – a fine balance As the largest land managers in Scotland, we are responsible for managing the national forests and land on behalf of Scottish Ministers. We do this in line with the Scottish Government’s 50-year vision for economically sustainable forestry that conserves and enhances the environment, and that delivers benefits for people and nature. We are leaders of Sustainab...
Monday, 23 January 2023
Adult beetle with eggs Dendroctonus micans The great spruce bark beetle or D. micans is a common non-native pest that preys mainly on spruce trees in Britain. It was first discovered in England in 1982 and, as of 2011, has made its way to Scotland. It’s mainly located in south Scotland and some central areas from where it is slowly spreading north. The beetle tunnels into the bark of living...
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
West Stormont Woodland Group (WSWG) has submitted a revision to the asset transfer request to purchase Taymount Wood and Five Mile Wood. The revised request proposes a phased approach with the acquisition of 155 hectares at Taymount Wood. This will be the focus of WSWG’s Wildwood Project to deliver community wellbeing and resilience through ecoforestry for nature recovery and forest diversificat...
Monday, 23 January 2023
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus This disease was first recorded in the UK in 2012 and is now widespread throughout Scotland. Scottish Forestry estimates we will lose up to 50-75% of all ash trees in the country in the next twenty years. The fungus attacks the leaves and stem, eventually infiltrating the tree and blocking the movement of water through the trunk. This causes the tree to produce less fol...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Our tree nursery plays a key role for Scotland’s forests and land. Growing trees, not only for the timber industry but also new woodland creation projects and diversifying existing woodland too. Why Newton? In the past we had many small nurseries across Scotland, but these days we have just one nursery at Newton near Elgin. Newton is in north-east Scotland, around 30 miles from Inverness. Th...
Friday, 20 January 2023
Sunart Community Company has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase 88 hectares of woodland known as Longrigg Wood, Strontian, for a range of community uses including income generation activities such as firewood production, partnership with the local high school for educational activities, and development of the site for social amenity. Decision notice Longrigg CATS decisio...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association (GURCA) has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase around 0.3 hectares of land including the former forest offices at Balnain to provide a permanent base for Glen Urquhart Men’s Shed (GUMS) and meet needs of the local community. Document and Maps Asset Transfer Request Form GURCA SCIO constitution Site Plan Glen Urquhart Men’s ...
Thursday, 19 January 2023
West Stormont Woodland Group (WSWG) has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase 289 hectares of woodland near Stanley, Perthshire comprising 155 hectares known as Taymount Wood, north of Stanley, and 134 hectares known as Five Mile Wood, west of Stanley, as the focal point for a multitude of community-led activities to substantially enhance landscape ecology, improve and integrate access p...
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase around 0.8 hectares of land including the former Forest School Building at Inverfarigaig, the car parking area and adjoining paddock at Fasnagruig, and picnic area, to revitalise the site as a community growing project and community environmental project base. Decision notice Farigaig decision notice (P...
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Monday, 10 July 2023
The Neolithic in Britain and Ireland spans 1500 years or about 60 generations. Measured in years, from around 4000 BC to around 2500 BC, it is an almost unimaginable length of time. But measured in generations, the Neolithic becomes easier to grasp, and it becomes possible to place individual lives within the timeline. It also spans a wide range of different regions and landscapes, with distinct c...
Friday, 14 October 2022
The Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation (HAWO) has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase 0.52 hectares of land at Barrandaimh, including the buildings housing the Argyll Beaver Centre, opened in 2017. HAWO intend to further develop the wildlife ranger and environmental interpretation, education and information centre and community space, including space for visiting schools and other g...