Environment

A new campaign encourages people to speak up about those causing harm and damage to Scotland’s countryside and their vital communities.

The power of storytelling is being harnessed as part of the bid to secure Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country of the far north.

Communities in the Highlands can now curb their carbon footprint using food and garden waste, thanks to new guidance on community composting.

Event could be bigger next year, say the organisers

Thurso and Northwest Caithness councillor Karl Rosie said it was encouraging to see how "motivated" people are in the region over climate change.

Watch video clips and see pictures of this incredibly large moth seen in the garden of a Thurso resident. It seemed to be a bird at first glance.

Weather forecasters are predicting record temperatures next week with the maximum Scottish temperature of 32.9c could be exceeded on Tuesday.

The Highlands should meet a deadline for ending landfill three years early after the council agreed a £58 million deal with a waste disposal firm.

Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle

High Life Highland Countryside Rangers and NatureScot have unveiled two new interpretation panels at the north and south ends of Dunnet Bay.

Landowners and communities in Caithness are urged to celebrate work to improve land and resources that contribute to a net zero economy.

Volunteers are needed to tidy up Wick ahead of the up-and-coming Gala Week. Give the town a spruce with Mr Bruce!

The dilemma of a rotting whale carcass, lying for almost six months at Wick, may finally be resolved after a major U-turn by Highland Council.

The Hope Lodge to Altnaharra road has always been very narrow, winding and with few passing places over its 20 miles.

The short stretch of pebble beach next to Lybster Harbour should be approached with caution due to the amount of apparent bird flu casualties on it.

A record number of entrants for the 2022 VIBES awards has been narrowed down to 45 finalists, including one from a Caithness distillery.

Transformative changes proposed to the way Scotland’s land is used and managed in order to ensure greater benefit to communities and the environment.

A campaign group accused the offshore wind industry of creating "environmental devastation" after a survey pointed to public support for the sector.

As the Caithness Broch Project creates a series of new itineraries for visitors the the far north, John Davidson looks at a few of the best sites

A new one-card system making it easier for electric vehicle drivers to connect to Scotland’s charging network is being piloted next week.