Save the date in your diaries. The 2017 RS Gathering will take place from Friday 13th October to Sunday 15th October 2017. The venue is Comrie Croft and the theme of the Gathering and of the Reforesting Scotland Journal no. … Read More
Autumn/Winter 2016: ‘Upstream, downstream’ The Reforesting Scotland Journal is free to members – you can purchase membership from our shop, where you can also buy copies of the journal. The theme of this issue of Reforesting Scotland is ‘Upstream, downstream’ … Read More
Forestry Commission Scotland’s annual early summer tree health aerial surveys have detected new outbreaks of ramorum blight at 24 sites across Scotland. Although the majority of new findings are near sites of previously known infections, seven sites are in Angus … Read More
Draft Buildings of the Forest Tour 2016 Please note that it is essential to book on the buildings tour as parking is limited on some of the stops.
An event organised by the Woodland Trust Scotland 10:00 – 16:00, Tuesday 7 June 2016 Braemar, Deeside The Woodland Trust Scotland, in association with Mar Estate, RDI Associates Ltd and the Cairngorms National Park Authority invite you to an information … Read More
In 1217, two years after the Magna Carta, the king was forced to sign another document limiting his rights, the Charter of the Forest. Unlike the Magna Carta, which was largely about the rights of the Barons, this new Charter … Read More
Spring/Summer 2016 – Woods and Wellbeing This issue of Reforesting Scotland looks at ‘Woods and well-being’. The many and obvious benefits of woodland extend from the wider ecosystem, where soils are built and flooding managed, and into our very souls. … Read More
NOW PAST: 7th to 9th October The theme of this year’s Gathering will be Upstream/Downstream: looking at how upland management affects farms and settlements on lower lying land. We will be perfectly placed for this, based in Moffat, deep in … Read More
Autumn/Winter 2015: Grazers! This issue looks at ‘Grazing’, from the usual suspects of deer and sheep, to the related issues of ticks, venison and lynx. Plus our regular look at artists, beasts, stoves and orchards… Articles include:Creating an oasis in … Read More
Our Gathering in 2015 was in the dramatic north west area of Assynt at Glencanisp Lodge near Lochinver. The area has more forestry and community projects than you can shake a stick at and we joined with the key players … Read More
For many years now, a population of beavers has been established in the River Tay catchment. A recent monitoring programme showed that these beavers are the native Eurasian species, the one that was present in Scotland before human actions made … Read More
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 … Read More