Highland Birchwoods - we're not just about birchwoods in the Highlands!
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...
Woodfuel forum update
Good morning, and isn't it a cold one !!!! The first Highland woodfuel forum (Thursday 23rd February 2012 in the Kingsmills Suite, Caley Thistle Stadium) is going to start with a bang. We already have over 30 attendees from all areas of the woodfuel chain, covering private and public sector bodies. ...HB and its partners praised for their outputs in the Developing Scots Pine project
Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 Outcomes of the PMC meeting in Joensuu 20th December 2011 The Programme Monitoring Committee met on 15th-16th December in Joensuu, Finland. The PMC congratulated the Developing Scots Pine project, the first NPP 2007-2013 project to have been successfully c...Cairngorm Mountain improvements in partnership with Highland Birchwoods
If you are visiting the Cairngorm Mountain then you will see or be using work undertaken through our "Action for Mountain Woodlands" project which was funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund. Trails; interpretation; tree planting by local school children; interpretation at the railw...Latest Related News...
UK's last wildlife recording course threatened with closure
The biological recording courses operated by Birmingham University have trained hundreds of ecologists who wor...
Woodfuel forum update
Good morning, and isn't it a cold one !!!! The first Highland woodfuel forum (Thursday 23rd February 2012 in t...
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Symposium
Highland Birchwoods will be attending the Renewable Heat Incentive Symposium on 20th January at the David Livi...
