Eat more wild venison
Thursday, 02 September 2021
With Scottish Venison Day (4th September) fast approaching, Forestry & Land Scotland is encouraging consumers to eat more wild venison. As land managers across the country work hard to keep…
FLS consults on ten year plan for Drummond Hill, Kenmore
Monday, 30 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting people in and around Aberfeldy and Kenmore to take part in the development of Drummond Hill Land Management Plan. Drummond Hill, which lays claim to being…
Safety warning as work begins at Puck’s Glen
Friday, 27 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is to begin repair work on the bridge on the lower section of the Puck’s Glen Gorge Trail, next week (30 Aug). The work to remedy undercutting by the fast flowing water in …
Deer numbers placing unprecedented pressure on environment
Friday, 27 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is to carry out a cull of female deer in September as it manages increasing levels of negative impact from deer in Scotland’s national forests. Deer numbers across Sc…
Environment Minister welcomes mining sites going back to their roots
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Forestry’s central importance to Scotland’s journey to Net Zero was the focus of a visit to a brownfield restoration site today (24 August) by Màiri McAllan, Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and…
Increase in productive forestry required to offset future timber supply shocks
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Scotland must seize the opportunity to rapidly increase planting of productive forestry to offset the full impact of future timber supply shocks. Forestry and Land Scotland says that the UK as a whol…
Ayrshire sawmill creates 25 new jobs thanks to new forestry contract
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
A timber processor in Troon is creating 25 new jobs thanks to a new contract awarded to them by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The contract supports the introduction of a third shift at Alexanders…
Forest path closures in Ballachulish area for public safety
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising climbers and hillwalkers coming to the Ballachulish area to check their plans against some access restrictions arising from delays to planned felling works…
Rally forests closed in safety move
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising members of the public that there will be no public access to Durris, Fetteresso and Drumtochty Forests on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August. The restri…
Tree disease set to scar Cowal landscape
Friday, 23 July 2021
Surveys in Cowal to detect whether a tree disease deadly to larch has spread over the winter have uncovered 60 suspected sites of new infection. Further testing will be carried out to confirm the pre…
New deer larder at Tummel underlines FLS commitment to deer management
Friday, 23 July 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland has underlined its commitment to deer management in Perthshire with a £250k investment in a new deer larder. The new facility, which will handle around 900 carcasses …
Car Park plans for Ben A’an
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is planning to expand its car park at Ben A’an later this year to help ease congestion at the hugely popular site. Supported by the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund, the w…
Plans being developed for future of Ptarmigan Forest, Loch Lomond
Friday, 16 July 2021
Forestry and Land Scotland is beginning to make preparations to fell 125,000 tonnes of timber from a hillside forest at east Loch Lomond-side that could take as long as ten-years to complete. A Land …
Behave with care and avoid fire risk
Friday, 16 July 2021
With a ‘very high’ fire risk warning in place over the weekend for Easter Ross and Moray, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging anyone thinking of visiting a forest to observe wildfire preve…