Thursday, 08 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is teaming up with the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) to support children and young people’s mental health. Community rangers are involved in several CAMHS programmes across the central region that make the most of Scotland's rural and urban woodlands and forests by allowing children and young people to connect with the natural world. FLS is t...
Monday, 05 February 2024
Surveys conducted in two Dumfriesshire forests show that artificial dens are boosting pine marten numbers in productive timber plantations. The plantations in Forest of Ae and Castle O’er are managed by Forestry and Land Scotland and produce over 120,000 tonnes of timber each year. They’re also home to growing populations of pine marten, a native predator species that gained prot...
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is working to clear up damage caused by winter storms to forests across the north. A helicopter survey of the area has been undertaken to assess the scale and impact of the damage that includes fallen trees and blocked roads. It is anticipated that in some locations work could take months with extensive tree clearance works and trail repairs needed. Paul Hibberd, FLS...
Friday, 12 January 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is urging forest visitors to steer clear of several of its forests across the north that have been affected by winter storms. For public safety, car parks and trails at several destinations have been closed, including Feshiebridge, Uath Lochans, River Oich and Torr Dhuin. It is anticipated that in some locations clearing the storm damage could take mo...
Thursday, 11 January 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is working with geotechnical contractors to make safe two unstable 350 tonne boulders – and a number of smaller ones - on a hillside above the B828. High up the slope and above the source area of a landslide that occurred in October 2023, signs of movement of the rocks became visible in the run-up to Christmas. Geotechnical experts assess the situation and the level...
Thursday, 11 January 2024
Mountain bikers and other forest visitors are being advised that the Dalbeattie Richorn (7Stanes) car park will be closed at the beginning of February. The move will allow Forestry and Land Scotland, which looks after the 7Stanes trails and the surrounding forests, to carry out harvesting operations. It is hoped that weather permitting the operations will be completed in time to re-open the car ...
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...