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 sch…
Friday, 17 February 2023
In the wake of Storm Otto, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging visitors to exercise extreme caution if they are visiting woodlands in Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire and Angus. The call comes…
Thursday, 09 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is appealing for help in piecing together a puzzle that its South Region team uncovered in a woodland near Jedburgh. A survey being carried out as part of a land management…
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people living in and around Jedburgh to give their views on the management of Swinnie Forest. Swinnie, which lies 5 miles to the south west of Jedburgh, is 170ha…
Thursday, 02 February 2023
Work is to begin later this month to develop 56 environmentally sensitive Forest Holidays cabins at Glentress. This work, which is taking place in and around the current Buzzard’s Nest car park, skil…
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Counting voles and ringing bats is all a day’s work for the five ecology interns on placement with Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) for the next 12 months. They’re working out in the field during a…
Monday, 23 January 2023
Volunteers keen on getting in on a bothy-build are being invited to get in touch with the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA). The build – or renovation – will be of a disused building that has been lice…
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is looking to recruit seasonal rangers to help manage visitors to some of it’s hot-spot destinations during the summer. As the largest provider of outdoor recreation in Sco…
Friday, 13 January 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising that access restrictions and diversions will be in place at several locations across the Trossachs as work begins to tackle forests affected by tree disease, Phy…
Thursday, 05 January 2023
New research and a five-year study of red squirrel behaviour indicate that conservation efforts targeting one of Scotland’s most-loved species need to be rethought. One report - from Forestry a…
Monday, 05 December 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland will this month begin major forestry works along the north coastal section of Tentsmuir Forest to clear damage caused by Storm Arwen last winter. The work planned for Decemb…
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) South Region team has helped keep the wheels on Arran High School Mountain Bike Club’s plans to develop an all-weather skills trail facility at Dyemill Forest, Lamla…
Monday, 21 November 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has announced that Twinflower will take on management of the Glenmore campsite on the shores of Aviemore’s Loch Morlich. A new dedicated Scottish outdoor busine…
Monday, 14 November 2022
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people living in and around Campbeltown to help shape a new Land Management Plan for Beinn Ghuilean Forest. A popular recreational resource and part of the…