Firefighters spend more than two hours tackling blaze at Tentsmuir Forest
Firefighters spent more than two hours tackling a blaze at Tentsmuir Forest on Friday.
Forestry Commission
ALEX BELL: Land, freedom and Loch Leven’s ‘heavy metal’ campers
Who knew that death cults were on Police Scotland’s radar? Certainly not the family and friends who went to drink and be merry on Loch Leven, only to find their Sunday night campsite the focus of emergency service searchlights and helicopter swoops.
MSPs pass landmark Scottish forestry Bill
Opposition MSPs have united to block plans to bring forestry under the direct control of the Scottish Government.
Rogue sheep in Highland Perthshire forest could be culled
A flock of lost sheep spotted wandering through a Highland Perthshire forest face being culled.
Wolves and woods
Afternoon sunlight is as likely as anything to put an end to a writing shift. So when the day stirred itself from its stupor of gloom, I took a camera and a notebook for a walk.
Forestry threat to Sheriffmuir battle site
Sir, - In December, the Forestry Commission at Perth was overwhelmed by letters of protest from a great many organisations, historians and other individuals over the proposal to extend still further the commercial forest on the great battlefield of Sheriffmuir.
New approach needed to safeguard larch trees
Culling animals infected with an untreatable disease is a distressing job for all farmers. For those of us who also grow trees, the same applies when disease strikes the woodlands.
Plan to remove dangerous cliff could regenerate Fife village
A dangerous cliff which has led to the closure of a section of Fife's coastal path could finally be removed under an ambitious planning application.