Weekly News

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have peatlands as a key focus.  A Commission of Enquiry on Peatlands was set up recently to produce an authoritative set of reports assessing the science on key areas of relevance to policy makers. Strath Caulaidh is co-authoring one of the reports along with ScottishPower Renewables, focused on forest-to-bog restoration.  A draft of the report is due for submission soon.  Here’s a…

  Lowland deer management is an increasingly hot topic.  The Lowland Deer Network Scotland has been trying to get to grips with the many challenges being caused by deer expanding into lowland areas. Here’s a good example of the kind of problems coming to the ‘fore!’…        

  We recently completed fieldwork on a major deer management project in Highland Perthshire for Tilhill.  It involves producing a woodland deer management plan and was funded via FC’s new Woodland Improvement Grant for deer management planning, an exciting development for private woodland managers wishing to focus on crop protection and be grant funded by the government to do so.