Thursday, 07 March 2024
Specialist construction company, Bedrock Buildings, is preparing the logs at its workshop and is anticipating beginning work in the early summer to construct the building on a plot of land in the village of Tomich. The log work (peeling, scribing cutting and assembly) takes place mostly in the workshop and yard, ahead of a short (2-3 day) assembly on site after which the roof, floors and window...
Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Forestry and land Scotland (FLS) is reminding forest visitors that the path at Conic Hill, Balmaha on the east shores of Loch Lomond, is currently of limits for public safety reasons. The reminder comes in the wake of increasing reports of members of the public actively ignoring signage and choosing to try and walk the path that has been blocked by windblown trees. It is anticipated that the pat...
Monday, 04 March 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland has set 10,000 hectares of peatland – on land it manages – on the road to recovery through ‘re-wetting’ sites. This significant milestone has been reached through years of dedicated work undertaken by FLS staff and contractors working on sites across Scotland – including at Kintyre and Lochaber in the west, Carnwath and Flanders Moss in central Scotland and Sk...
Monday, 26 February 2024
Communities and local businesses in the south of Scotland are being encouraged to come along to a series of workshops and have their say on the development of new plans for Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) mountain bike trail centres - known as the 7stanes. FLS is looking to mirror the successful delivery of the Glentress Masterplan by setting out the future of the remaining...
Monday, 26 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has worked with a local contractor to give a pond in Galloway Forest Park a dragonfly-friendly makeover. FLS had identified the pond as an area of importance for dragonflies and earmarked it for improvement under its land management plan for the area. Unfortunately, someone illegally added fish to the pond around 2013 and work couldn’t proceed until it wa...
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging walkers on the West Highland Way and the Rob Roy Way to observe all safety signage and follow on-site instruction as harvesting work begins at key locations in Garadhban Forest (north of Drymen). Road users and cyclists using National Cycle Route 7 are also being advised that traffic management is in place that might result in short but unavoidable delay...
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Kevin Quinlan, current Director of Environment and Forestry (EnFor) with the Scottish Government, is to take up a new role as the Chief Executive of Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). Mr Quinlan will take up the reins in April 2024, following the retirement of current CE, Simon Hodgson. Mr Quinlan, said; “I am honoured to be given the opportunity to lead Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). FLS i...
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Two more beavers have been released at Knapdale to help consolidate the population and strengthen the beaver community’s chance of breeding success. The latest releases, a translocation of animals from Tayside as licensed by NatureScot, was facilitated by Forestry and Land Scotland and the Beaver Trust, and follows on from the release of six animals last month. Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Head ...
Thursday, 08 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is teaming up with the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) to support children and young people’s mental health. Community rangers are involved in several CAMHS programmes across the central region that make the most of Scotland's rural and urban woodlands and forests by allowing children and young people to connect with the natural world. FLS is t...
Monday, 05 February 2024
Surveys conducted in two Dumfriesshire forests show that artificial dens are boosting pine marten numbers in productive timber plantations. The plantations in Forest of Ae and Castle O’er are managed by Forestry and Land Scotland and produce over 120,000 tonnes of timber each year. They’re also home to growing populations of pine marten, a native predator species that gained prot...
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is working to clear up damage caused by winter storms to forests across the north. A helicopter survey of the area has been undertaken to assess the scale and impact of the damage that includes fallen trees and blocked roads. It is anticipated that in some locations work could take months with extensive tree clearance works and trail repairs needed. Paul Hibberd, FLS...
Friday, 12 January 2024
Forestry and Land Scotland is urging forest visitors to steer clear of several of its forests across the north that have been affected by winter storms. For public safety, car parks and trails at several destinations have been closed, including Feshiebridge, Uath Lochans, River Oich and Torr Dhuin. It is anticipated that in some locations clearing the storm damage could take mo...