Spring/Summer 2015: Stories from the West From north to south, there’s a lot going on in the west. Buy this issue now for £5.00 including postage. Articles include: Atlantic woodlands – a four-page feature on our temperate rainforest GalGael and the Commonwealth Games – our common wealth Life in Leckmelm Read more…
Reforesting Scotland plans to become more involved in ‘rewilding’ campaigns over the next few years. As a first step, we have launched a Facebook group for people to share news, views, pictures, events, campaigns and enthusiasm about rewilding. There is a huge amount already going on and this is a Read more…
Reforesting Scotland has now joined the twittersphere. You can find us at https://twitter.com/ReforestingScot.
Make sure that the Land Reform Bill includes powers to manage wild deer sustainably. The Scottish Government recently published a consultation on the new Land Reform Bill. The Bill as a whole is very welcome and great step forward on an issue that Reforesting Scotland has campaigned on since its Read more…
This year’s theme was: Restoring the Land and the People The Reforesting Scotland Annual Gathering 2014 was held at Kyleakin Village Hall, Skye, on the first weekend in October, Friday 3rd October to Sunday 5th October. The 2014 Gathering was our best-attended in a long time, with around 75 people Read more…
Scottish Coppice Network During the Scottish Crannog Centre‘s ‘Regenerating Hazel Coppice‘ conference in April 2013, delegates suggested that there should be a network of some kind for people involved in coppicing in Scotland. Reforesting Scotland followed this up by producing the 2014 Coppice Network Study Report funded by Forestry Commission Read more…
Autumn/Winter 2014: ‘Restoring the Land and the People’ Looking back – and forward – in our 50th issue. Articles include:Bernard Planterose: From wet desert to woodland economy.George Monbiot: Rewilding.Andy Wightman: My journey with Reforesting Scotland.Alan Watson Featherstone: Trees for Life.Viv Halcrow: Coigach-Assynt Living LandscapeJustin Kendrick: Reclaiming the land.Alan Carter: Participation Read more…
This is a foretaste of what can be expected at the 2014 Reforesting Scotland Gathering. Dr James Merryweather is an independent naturalist, tutor and field guide compiler working in the Western Highlands. He will be giving a talk and leading a visit looking at the best way of managing gorse Read more…
Spring/Summer 2014: ‘Small Is Possible’ We always knew it, now here’s the proof! Articles include: Letter from a forest garden: how Graham Bell grows a tonne of food, literally, in his garden. Woodland crofts: Jamie McIntyre on how local intensive management can bring additional benefits, which may be difficult to Read more…
A lively workshop at the 2013 Gathering looked at the perennial problem of overgrazing by Scotland’s poorly-managed deer populations. Little did we know that just weeks later the Scottish Parliament’s influential Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, convened by Ron Gibson MP, would start an investigation into the subject. With Read more…