Environment

Three new staff members have landed key roles helping to positively impact the on-the-ground culture of how land is owned and used in Scotland.

A solo female swimmer is on target to reach John O'Groats at the end of September after swimming the length of the British mainland.

Exploring a new stretch of coastline around the Seaboard villages of Easter Ross, visiting the Tarbet Ness lighthouse on an overnight kayak expedition

Highlands and Islands MSP Ariane Burgess has highlighted the benefits restoring natural environments can bring to rural areas of the far north.

Peatlands that were planted with conifers after tax breaks in the 1970s and 80s will be soaked up into a wider conservation area.

The Swartigill archaeological dig on the Thrumster Estate has reported the 'star find' of a colourful 2000-year-old bead with a yellow spiral pattern.

High Life Highland Countryside Rangers have two free nature events at Wick riverside this weekend.

At the Caithness Committee meeting yesterday members approved a winter maintenance plan for the area which includes priority gritting routes.

STRIKE action is set to hit bin collections and street cleaning across the Highlands, residents have been warned.

Families are being invited to take part in some pond dipping at the John O'Groats Mill on Saturday, August 27.

A new report finds that many butterfly species are flourishing in Caithness and the rest of Scotland.

Aspiring writers who are inspired by the mountains are being invited to enter an annual competition to find new outdoor authors.

Weather Watch by Keith Banks

A hen harrier in the north of Scotland is one of three across the UK that will be monitored thanks to a crowdfunder appeal.

A £970,000 fund designed to support projects and ideas to benefit the environment and communities has opened for its third round of applications.

People are being asked to keep themselves and their pets away from algal scum in the water at Loch Watten as a precautionary measure.

A collection of three ruined and windswept cottages in Caithness, with views stretching over the moors and out to sea, are to go under the hammer.

Crofters in the far north are being invited to learn more about livestock health planning at an event in Wick next week.

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The Highland Council is inviting communities to apply for a share of the 2022/23 allocation of the Nature Restoration Fund.