Highland Birchwoods
Highland Birchwoods was formed in 1992 as a partnership of the Forestry Commission, Scottish Natural Heritage, Highland Council and Highland & Islands Enterprise to promote best practice in the management of woodlands and forests to:
- improve conservation and biodiversity values
- deliver sustainable rural development
- enhance recreational, landscape and amenity facilities
Latest Project News...
SRDP Modifications for Rhododendron Removal
The Scottish Government have announced modifications to the SRDP Rural Priority Woodland Improvement Grant options which now include standard cost capital items for manual and mechanised eradication of rhododendron. Standard cost capital items for rhododendron eradication have been increased to &po...Scots pine info pages
Find out about Scots pine timber properties and suitability to different end uses....Bookings for Scots pine closing conference
Book your free place at the closing conference of the Scots pine project, 'Managing and utilising Scots pine in the Northern Periphery' taking place at the Strathpeffer Pavilion on the 24th and 25th of August. ...
Highland Birchwood Blog
Cliff Beck runs a blog which aims to keep people up to date with issues affecting Highland Birchwoods and its industry sector.
Do two straight lines make a curve?
Sandie and I have been building a timber home for an extremely long time! We are now doing the second fix woodwork; a ta...
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