Monday, 02 March 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting local Arran residents to come along to a drop in session to find out about and offer views on a long-term plan for the management of forests at Southend. The woo…
Friday, 27 February 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is contracting Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company (SBMC) to produce and deliver high-quality signs for Scotland’s national forests. The social enterprise – provi…
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
On a stony slope in Glen Affric, hopes are high that one of Britain’s rarest ferns can regain a foothold and recover. Staff from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh…
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland has restricted access to Beinn Ghuilean, near Campbeltown, after members of the public have refused to follow safety signage and crossed barrier fencing into work zones. It …
Monday, 23 February 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland has resurfaced the public access path to Craigvinean Forest's Pine Cone Point making it once more accessible for mobility scooters. Completed at the end of January, the path…
Friday, 20 February 2026
Working around badgers and their setts was the theme of a professional development day in north Argyll for new Forestry and Land Scotland operations staff earlier this month (5 February). Badgers and …
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Populations of nationally declining birds are getting a helping hand in Glen Prosen. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has installed a series of nesting boxes for kestrel, barn owls and dippers, three …
Friday, 06 February 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland has published a list of 17 sites suitable for new entrants to farming and is now looking for applications. The locations – which total 325 hectares - range in size from just…
Thursday, 05 February 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is considering its options following the construction of an illegal mountain bike trail at Caberston in the Tweed Valley. The trail – of which FLS recently became awar…
Friday, 30 January 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is to develop a full business case for enhancing its Dalbeattie and Newcastleton forest sites under The Borderlands 7stanes Project. With the outline business case app…
Friday, 30 January 2026
Forty volunteers have this week carried out a beaver survey ‘blitz’ throughout Loch Ard Forest. The survey, conducted in conjunction with the Forth Rivers Trust and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Natio…
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has welcomed the Dundee NCR Hillwalking and Climbing Club as the latest tenants on the land it manages in Glen Prosen. FLS has agreed a six-year lease with the Dundee-…
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
The Callander branch of the Scottish Wildlife Trust last week heard how and why Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) undertakes herbivore management on Scotland’s National Forest and Land. Focussing on de…
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is set to begin a major clear-up operation in Mark Hill Forest, Kippford in a bid to tackle the significant damage caused by recent and past storms. The forest h…