Environment

A new Salmon Interactions Workstream to provide expert advice on mitigating pressures on wild salmon has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Scottish recycling, composting and re-use of waste from all sources has rocketed past the 60 per cent milestone for the first time. That was the key finding of Official Statistics published today (29 May 2018) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

A pilot campaign to reduce roadside litter is having a huge impact on Dumfries and Galloway’s trunk roads, councillors are to be told.

Scottish residents should expect to see a rise in the number of daddy longlegs (also known as crane flies) this year, after millions of larvae were discovered underground.

South politicians are at loggerheads over the loss of the 101/102 bus service linking Dumfries and Edinburgh.

As the recent snowmelt caused surface water and rising rivers in several communities across Scotland, attention turned to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

The body of a red kite found in the Durham Hill Lane area of Kirkpatrick Durham was poisoned according to a post mortem.

MSP Colin Smyth had previously criticised SNP and Tory councillors at Dumfries and Galloway Council for failing to underwrite a loan to help save Rosefield Mill.

The Dumfries and Galloway region will benefit from Scottish Government funding to the tune of £2.063 million.

Councillors have been told told that communities are continuing to take ownership of local facilities right across the region.

The region’s local environmental records centre was flying high as it celebrated gathering a million records of local plants and animals this week.

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has signed a contract worth up to £8 million to invest in properties across the region.

Scottish Labour has called for a full fox hunting ban ahead of a rally at Holyrood today.

Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, announced a £5 million funding boost for projects that minimise the impacts on communities and the environment caused by timber lorries on the rural road network.

A National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling in Dumfries will receive £615,000 grant from the Scottish Government.

Hillwalkers and people pursuing outdoor activities in the mountains are ebing warned by Police Scotland of the dangers that inclement weather and the terrain can present.

Felling operations will take place at two local forests over the next two months to tackle the spread of a disease deadly to trees in the area.

A major project to care for the historic landscape of the Galloway Glens has won £2.73million of funding from the National Lottery.