Environment

An Easter Ross community was the focus of a trailblazing new multi-species conservation programme, Species on the Edge.

The Met Office warning comes into force on Sunday afternoon and covers large parts of the Highlands.

Free advisory visits offering help to access grants for tree planting and woodland management are being offered to crofters and smallholders.

An area extending from Loch Ewe in the north to the Applecross peninsula in the south has been raised to "significant scarctiy" – the highest alert.

FIREFIGHTERS and gamekeepers who worked tirelessly to tackle a massive wildfire near Cannich have been praised in parliament by a Highland MSP.

Ullapool Sea Savers are offering a new coffee pod recycling service, with their installation of the new pod recycling box in Tesco Ullapool.

Parents of primary pupils have slammed Highland Council for its "incredibly uncooperative" response to concerns over weed-killer in play areas.

PARTS of the Highlands will be at extreme or very high risk of wildfires this week as a new warning is issued.

A HIGHLAND climate initiative is calling for people to share their personal experience on the impact of wildfires on the region's communities.

All Wester Ross, Skye and Raasay residents are welcome to attend.

Lorna Slater told Holyrood ‘we are urgently establishing to what extent there is a way forward for a modified scheme.’

'ABSOLUTELY overwhelming' public support for a devastated nature reserve scorched by a massive wildfire has been hailed by a leading charity.

Megan McCubbin has urged the public to do whatever they can to help efforts to restore the fire-ravaged Corrimony nature reserve.

These beaches will all be flying the coveted Scotland's Beach Awards flag this summer. Are any of them in Ross-shire?

A team of access rangers have begun their seasonal work to promote responsible access in tourist hotspots across the Highlands this summer.

Part of Wester Ross now sits at 'moderate scarcity', one below the highest level, with the rest of the Highlands either on 'alert' or 'early warning'.

'It’s within our power to change this and we’re pleased to launch this new programme, alongside our partners, on June 3'.

Two firefighters have been injured fighting an Inverness-shire wildfire today and airlifted to hospital.

Alness and Invergordon are part of the scheme.

When Dingwall Primary pupils told us of their concern about litter in nearby woodland, we were only too happy to help them raise awareness.