The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Forestry

THE King, J.K. Rowling, billionaires and politicians are among those who have been given tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer forestry subsidies,…

SCOTS are being warned that forests may be dangerous after Storm Eowyn, which weakened trees across the region...

Cost headwinds and significant investments hit the bottom line, although revenue grew by 13% last year

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial

THE Scottish Government is set to appoint a “rainforest action co-ordinator” in a bid to restore some of Scotland’s rarest woodland habitat.

A community woodland project has planted their first trees in a plot that will expand to the size of five football fields.

Evidence of Storm Arwen is still visible around Perthshire but in the past year millions of pounds have been invested to ensure when the next lashing inevitably comes, everyone will be better prepared and protected.

Planning officials have recommended the project, which includes a retirement village, can be approved but some councillors have raised concerns over the impact on woodland and health services.

Interested parties in the Kendoon to Tongland Reinforcement Project attended a pre-examination session in Kirkcudbright on Wednesday