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‘Magic-eye’ drones help to improve site planning

Friday, 29 May 2020

Laser equipped drones that can ‘see’ the lay of the land beneath a forest canopy are helping Forestry and Land Scotland to plan how it manages woodlands. The LIDAR drones have been helping FLS’s East…

Patience needs to be exercised above all else

Thursday, 28 May 2020

As people begin to enjoy the outdoors more following the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions, FLS is encouraging everyone to exercise their patience first and foremost. The call from FLS Chief Execu…

FLS urges people to stay local for the long weekend

Thursday, 21 May 2020

Ahead of the May long weekend (22 – 25 May) Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is reminding people that all of its car parks and visitor facilities remain closed as part of Scotland’s response to the ch…

Woodland felling to slow spread of fatal tree disease

Thursday, 21 May 2020

A significant programme of felling will start at Kilmun Hill (near Dunoon) next month as Forestry and Land Scotland tackles an outbreak of tree disease Phytophthora Ramorum.  The only way of dea…

Woodland management sees new residents move in

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

The regular return of red squirrels to a local Fife woodland after an absence of many years is being taken as nature’s ‘thumbs up’ for Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) management of the site.  …

Glentress work part of post-COVID planning

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

As it begins planning for a post-COVID recovery, Forestry and Land Scotland’s South Scotland team is beginning to think about work at Glentress.  Included within the overarching aims of the Glen…

International interest in FLS's pioneering work

Friday, 15 May 2020

State forestry organisations from Latvia, Barbados and Australia have all expressed a keen interest in learning more about some pioneering solutions being developed to try and improve the yield from S…

Glen Croe (A83) Landslip stabilisation work

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Traffic management at Glen Croe on the A83 has been removed (2nd of May) thanks to the completion of landslip protection work at the roadside.   The catchpit - large enough to capture the volume…

Forestry and Land Scotland thinking post-COVID

Monday, 11 May 2020

Forestry and Land Scotland has vowed to deliver as much as possible of its business plan for 2020/21– with the preparations required for an eventual return to normal duties post-COVID19 underway. Wit…