A Scottish Borders community council has called for the halting of a proposed giant tree-planting scheme and echoed other community groups ...

So, they started planting a non-native American tree: fast-growing Sitka spruce, capable of rebuilding their timber resources in record time. And it worked. Today, about 12% of the island is forested.

The company planting a new, 600,000-tree commercial forest says it wants to improve wildlife habitats, open land up to the ...

I also went to see a south of Scotland sitka plantation where the forest manager ... How to get the balance right in a world where we do need timber for multiple purposes and we do need to reach ...

A series of events are taking place to advise forestry owners of the steps they can take to deal with damage caused by Storm ...

A historic lodge where a famous U.S. President stayed is set in the heart of an ancient forest in the Olympic Peninsula of ...

So, they started planting a non-native American tree: fast-growing Sitka spruce capable of rebuilding their timber resources in record time. And it worked. Today, about 12% of the island is forested.

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MOST OF US have visited a cemetery. Often it’s to put something on a loved one’s grave marker. Sometimes we spend time ...

It includes 61 per cent Sitka spruce, 9 per cent Douglas Fir ... defended conifer plantations in Scotland citing a shortage of timber. Industry leaders have previously told The Scotsman the ...