Brambles and nettles are to be encouraged to grow in a bit to prevent fires being lit in a local woodland by teens.
The near 20 acres of Ladywell woods around Inveralmond Community High School in Livingston has been plagued by deliberate fireraising since April, with more than 20 fires reported.
As a result dozens of now dangerous blaze-damaged trees will now have to be felled, a deputation from Woodland Trust, which told this month’s meeting of Livingston South Local Area Committee.
