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Forestry, Canal Carnival and Daffodils

Join Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith for the latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, plus the key stories for those who live and work in the countryside.

At the start of April Forestry Commission Scotland ceased to exist. The full devolution of forestry has created two new government agencies, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry. Mark and Euan find out what the remits of the two bodies is and what has changed.

Craignish Restoration of Marine and Coastal Habitats or CROMACH is a community group which was set up to give local people a voice when it comes to marine management. Mark visits the Craignish Peninsula to find out why it was created.

Euan hears about the importance of next week鈥檚 Scotland鈥檚 Beef Event 2019 to farmers in the red meat industry.

Mark explores the National Heritage Daffodil Collection at Backhouse Estate in Fife.

Some American listeners who visited Out of Doors a couple of years ago are back and Mark catches up with them in Oban.

Could hemp be an essential part of our food chain in decades to come? Euan finds out about research being carried out at the Rowett Institute into different plant sources of protein.

Mark sets out on a new long distance path, the Fife Pilgrim Way which stretches from Culross to St. Andrews.

Do you have what it takes to become a wildlife guide? Euan is in the Cairngorms where funding has become available to train young people in the ways of nature tourism and conservation.

And Euan is on the Forth and Clyde Canal at the start of a canal carnival.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 May 2019 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 May 2019 06:30

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