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We publish news to members in three ways; through this website, in our fortnightly newsletter and in Scottish Forestry.  These pages maintain an archive of news articles published on the website.

News 2021Super User
The Royal Scottish Forestry Society is deeply saddened to hear of the death of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and we send our condolences to the Queen and his family.  He was made an honorary member of RSF...

News 2021Wilma Harper
Thanks to sponsors Scottish Woodlands Ltd, we mark volume 75 with an extra edition of Scottish Forestry, out a month early.  ...

News 2021Super User
We are advised that the publication date for Tall Trees Small Woods has been set back to late Q1 2021... ...

News 2020Super User
The Royal Scottish Forestry Society is inviting tenders from suitable individuals, organisations or companies to carry out administrative and finance functions to support the trustees. The Society, w...

News 2020Super User
The Covid-19 outbreak influenced the completion of the last edition, with the country entering lockdown and RSFS meetings postponed. Here we are emerging from lockdown, reflecting on impacts, thinking...

News 2020Super User
As you are aware, the unprecedented circumstances of the current pandemic in which we find ourselves has meant that many of the Society’s activities have had to be cancelled or postponed.  One matter ...

News 2020Super User
The Royal Scottish Forestry Society and Richard Davidson are delighted to announce the launch of the RSFS Davidson Bursaries. Two new awards are available for students at SRUC Barony campus and the Sc...

News 2020Super User
Faced with having to cancel its busy programme of field visits, training workshops and an annual study tour, the Royal Scottish Forestry Society has been working on other projects which help support i...

News 2020Super User
In line with government guidance on Covid-19, we have decided to cancel all Royal Scottish Forestry Society events from now to the end of July.  Like many other bodies, we are taking this action to st...

News 2019Super User
As 2019 draws to a close, our journal Scottish Forestry rounds off the year with a bumper edition.  Marking 100 years of state forestry, it explains the role of the Society in the formation of the For...

News 2019Super User
  In a remarkable coincidence, this year’s centenary celebrations of public forestry in Britain have been capped by the 100th birthday celebration of retired former Forestry Commissioner, George Stew...

News 2019Super User
Lord Lovat and Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, today (9 December) joined serving and retired foresters at Monaughty, Moray, to plant a tree commemorating the centenary of public forestry in Sco...

News 2019Super User
This autumn people are being asked to report sightings of both red and grey squirrels and contribute to the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey which runs from 23-29 September 2019.  Details for how you ca...

News 2019Super User
All editions of the Journal from volume 44 (1987) to date are now available.  From 1st July 2019 the final batch in this series, Volumes 51 to 54 are now online (1997 to 2000) in the members area of t...

News 2019Super User
With effect from 1st April 2019, the RSFS Forest Trust Company, a subsidiary of RSFS which owns Cashel Farm on Loch Lomond-side, changed its name to Cashel Forest Trust.  There were a number of driver...
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The Royal Scottish Forestry Society was instituted in 1854. We are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in Scotland, charity registration number SC002058.

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