The Mid Scotland group covers Scottish Forestry’s Perth & Argyll and Central Scotland Conservancy areas, stretching from the wet Atlantic west coast to the dryer east coast – from Argyll, Ayrshire and Arran across to Angus and the Lothians, including the Central Scotland Green Network as well as new and emerging forestry initiatives such as the Clyde Climate Forest and Forth Climate Forest. Over 75% of Scotland’s population live here and the area includes many Community and social forestry programmes.
The woodland resource covers about 660,000 hectares comprised of extensive productive coniferous plantations with areas of native Pinewood and broadleaves, riparian woodlands, long established estates and urban forests.
The main productive species is spruce, with areas of larch and pine. There other productive species such as Douglas fir and Western Hemlock. There are also managed productive broadleaves such as Sycamore, oak and Ash.
The next Mid Scotland meeting will be held on 16th April 2026 at Falkirk – View the presentations here.
Mid Scotland contains some of the UK’s largest processing companies, including major sawmills, panelboard mills and paper mills, as well as a number of small sawmilling businesses.
Mid Scotland Steering Group
Members as at November 2021 are: