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Ten-year plan comes to fruition 

Monday, 11 September 2023

Volunteers from West Fife Woodlands Group (WFWG) have worked with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to build a new footbridge at Muirside Woods, near Saline.   The bridge is a vital link to …

Glenmore Centenary is history in miniature 

Friday, 08 September 2023

Minister for Energy and the Environment, Gillian Martin, today (Friday 8 Sept) joined foresters past and present to mark the centenary of Glenmore Forest Park being in public ownership.   G…

Walk-and-talk to give insight into forest plans 

Wednesday, 06 September 2023

Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) team in Dumfries and Galloway are inviting local people to come along to a walk-and-talk tour (28th September) of the Torrs Warren woodland that lies close to Dunrag…

Foresters create habitat in bid to save rare bee

Wednesday, 06 September 2023

Forestry and Land Scotland staff in the Far North have been working to grow a wide range of wildflowers that should help boost numbers of a rare species of bumblebee and boost the fortunes of other po…

Consultation open on Little Clyde woodlands

Friday, 25 August 2023

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is seeking local community feedback on its 10-year Land Management Plan for the Little Clyde woodland.   Due SW of Abington and near the villages of Elvanfo…

Wildfires never a flash-in-the-pan 

Thursday, 24 August 2023

More than 12 weeks after the initial fire was put out, teams from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) are still monitoring hotspots in Kerrow Forest, at Cannich.    The move comes after a fire…

Timber Innovation for Forests of the Future

Monday, 21 August 2023

This article featured in the October edition of the Timber Trades Journal It is now well known that the rate of UK timber imports is not sustainable.   In the context of the climate emergen…

Post-UCI Glentress focus shifts to inclusivity

Friday, 18 August 2023

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is getting ready to complete the final stage of its Glentress Masterplan programme as the UCI team clears the last of the 2023 Cycling World Championship infrastructur…

Forest safety works to impact A96 

Monday, 07 August 2023

Aberdeenshire road users are advised that major forestry works at Tyrebagger Forest, near Dyce, will see traffic management in place on the A96 and the B979 from 15th August.   Forestry and…