New woodland grazing grant unveiled - 30 April 2010

A new woodland grazing grant was unveiled on 27th April by Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).  It will be available to land managers through the Scottish Rural Development Programme.  The grant aims to encourage land managers to put cattle back into woodlands to graze them.  The payment on offer is £87 per hectare (£35.21 per acre) a year for five years.  In addition, land managers can also apply for additional woodland improvement grant funding.
 
For further information contact Douglas Wright (FCS) on 0131 314 6481 or douglas.wright@forestry.gsi.gov.uk.