Forestry and Land Scotland Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 1 May 2024
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group — 1 May 2024 and its agenda
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1 | FLS/MAKI update | Jeni West | January 2024 Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) update April 2024 Land Management Plans (LMPs) South Knapdale • Scoping underway. East Loch Awe • New LMP being produced following Mid Term Review (MTR Ormaig & Salachry • Scoping underway for new LMP, consultation Summer 2024. Larch- Phytophthora ramorum Programming felling coupes in Deer Hill, Carradale, for 2025/2026. Specific project to manage young/mixed larch crops. Peatland restoration Peat Restoration Works are live at An Suidhie Windfarm in Eredine, East Loch Awe. Contractors are progressing rapidly with 7 machines on site at any one time. The plan is for them to continue with this site/machinery until mid summer. It is open ground restoration, hag reprofiling and gully blocking. Restoration works have been ongoing in BAT11, Lussa, with the next project being the Tangy windfarm site to the south of West Lussa.
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2 | FLS/MAKI update | Jeni West | January 2024 Upcoming “complex” operations Beinn Ghuilean felling Programmed to begin felled operations from the east from September 2024 onwards. Further communication to produced. Dunardy Face, Knapdale felling Planning to being Winter 2024, subject to meeting planning conditions. Other information • FLS had a stand at the STEM event at Machrinhanish for local high school pupils to promote forest industry. • FLS transitioning some of its vehicle fleet to electric vehicles.