A regular series of posts written by RS directors or guests on a range of current subjects.
Our latest Directors’ blog is a guest article by Gus Routledge, professional ecologist and ‘Scotland: The Big Picture’ trustee. In it, he explores the mindset of those opposed to native woodland expansion and the legitimacy of their concerns. Scotland’s native woodland was found to cover about 4% of our land Read more…
In the third instalment of our Directors’ blog, professional ecologist Andy McMullen questions the anti-tree orthodoxy of peatland conservationists. In Scotland, there can be an unfavourable attitude towards trees near peatlands. Some wariness is understandable following planting of the unique Caithness & Sutherland peatlands with non-native conifers in the 1970s Read more…
In the second instalment of our Directors’ blog, Nicky Penford takes a look at the many reasons our waders are struggling and asks how we can avoid making similar mistakes in the future. Like many, lockdown has prompted me to re-explore my local area, and the purchase of an electric Read more…
Kicking off a series of blogs from the Directors of Reforesting Scotland, Nicola Hume checks out the new generation of non-plastic tree tubes and asks: do they work? To read as a pdf, click here. According to legend, Sir Ewan Cameron of Lochiel shot the last wolf in Scotland in Read more…