Forestry and Land Scotland Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 5 February 2025
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group — 5 February 2025 and its agenda
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1 | FLS/MAKI update | Jeni West | January 2025 Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) update January 2025 Land Management Plans (LMPs) Beinn Ghuilean • Approved Lussa • Scoping underway for LMP revision. South Knapdale • Proposals being designed, stakeholder consultation spring 2025. East Loch Awe • Scoping underway for LMP revision. Ormaig & Salachry • Final stakeholder consultation February 2025, before submission to Scottish Forestry for approval spring 2025. Larch- Phytophthora ramorum Ardcastle specific tree health felling operation underway. P.ramorum spreading at further confirmed sites in Mid-Argyll. Peatland restoration We have completed around 80ha of Peatland Restoration at Allt a Ghlaoidh in West Lussa. This have been a combination of Wave damming and zipping Drains which completely closes out the void where the drain used to be and seals the ground up and is very effective at keeping water on site. To save vegetation on a site that was clear felled 20 years ago we have been furrow blocking, which has also been very effective at rewetting the ground. We have also removed Sitka spruce regen and matures tress from the site, which were impacting by drying the peat further.
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2 | FLS/MAKI update | Jeni West | January 2025 Upcoming “complex” operations Carradale felling Deer Hill has been held up due to priority species nesting. The contractor will now move into Brackley January 2025 and return to Deer Hill later in the year. The other approved felling coupes in Deer Hill will be scheduled for works after Brackley, so Carradale will have several active sites between now and Autumn. The roadside felling coupe at the southern end of the Deer Hill block is being put up for sale in the February eSale tender and will be worked from springtime onwards. Again subject to any environmental constraints. Dunardy Face, Knapdale felling Tender for operations currently out to tender and will commence in late Spring/ early Autumn. Other information • West Region specific recruitment for Foresters. • Ongoing discussions about broadleaves left following harvesting operations along west loch awe near Dalavich/Inverinan. • FLS will take part in the STEM event in February in Campbeltown.