The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Forestry

Restaurant owners apologise for chopping down 80 trees after backlash

The owners of The Osprey in East Kilbride said it cut down trees to make space for a possible larger car park

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025

BrewDog sells Lost Forest after 250,000 planted trees died in 2023

Brewdog has announced it has sold its “Lost Forest” after 250,000 of the trees it planted on the Scottish estate died ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2025

BrewDog built a fence to keep deer out. Instead, it trapped them inside

FENCES erected to keep deer out of BrewDog's Scottish tree-planting project have actually trapped the animals inside, an inspection report found ...

The National (Scotland) · Apr 3, 2025

Scrap subsidies to Scotland’s conifer forests, urges report

Royal Society of Edinburgh says money should be spent on longer-living native forests with greater biodiversity benefits

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

Who says trees won’t grow in the Outer Hebrides? Scheme marks seven years of success

A NATIVE tree planting project in the Western Isles is proving to be a continuing hit with crofters, who have planted more than 171,000 trees in the…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2023

BrewDog reports £24 million operating loss

Cost headwinds and significant investments hit the bottom line, although revenue grew by 13% last year

Insider UK · Jun 5, 2023

Electric timber trucks to be trialled in Scotland

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial

Insider UK · May 2, 2023

Scottish Government to appoint ‘rainforest co-ordinator’ to save rare woodlands

THE Scottish Government is set to appoint a “rainforest action co-ordinator” in a bid to restore some of Scotland’s rarest woodland habitat.

The National (Scotland) · Feb 7, 2023

Community woodland plan takes root with thousands of trees

A community woodland project has planted their first trees in a plot that will expand to the size of five football fields.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 18, 2023

Lessons learned from last year's Storm Arwen taken up in Perthshire

Evidence of Storm Arwen is still visible around Perthshire but in the past year millions of pounds have been invested to ensure when the next lashing inevitably comes, everyone will be better prepared and protected.

Daily Record · Dec 2, 2022