Environment

HUNDREDS of jobs could be created under ambitious £100 million plans to construct a major offshore wind fabrication yard at a Cromarty Firth port.

ANOTHER yellow weather warning has been issued for parts of Sutherland – amid forecasts for yet more heavy rain.

FLOODING has sparked the closure of the Far North Line and the cancellation of railway services on the route.

A PROJECT to release red squirrels into woodlands around Golspie is under way.

The Clean Up Your Act event was outside Barclays Bank, in Union Street, and was opposed to investment in fossil fuel financing.

Highland Council is to hold an online conference to discuss the regional, national and global response to climate change.

A fishery board in Ross-shire has warned patrols across the widespread area it covers will continue to crack down on illegal fishing.

A massive operation involving stalkers, quad bikes, drones and many locals ended with success as a small dog was finally found in a Lairg forest.

An Assynt estate is calling on a public spending watchdog to investigate a grant to put up a £200,000 deer fence as part of a conservation project.

A WILDLIFE charity says it is worried by the findings of its annual Big Butterfly Count.

Environmental group Planet Sutherland is considering expanding its pilot apple tree planting project, but is consulting residents in the county.

One of the most stunning and dramatic areas of Sutherland is to be explored in an exciting new project.

Bella the Brora cat had her owner make an unscheduled trip north on her trail after she sneaked into the back of a delivery van.

Councillors have commended Highland Council’s ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint over the past year.

A SUTHERLAND village is once again living up to it moniker as the coldest spot in the UK after the mercury plunged last night.

A basking shark tagged off County Clare in Ireland has been re-sighted months later off the west coast of Scotland looking for a mate.

SIGHTINGS of red squirrels could help to boost efforts to reintroduce the much-loved species to parts of the Highlands.

OPINIONS and ideas over electric transport uptake are being sought by Highland Council at a series of special events to mark Scotland's Climate Week.

The Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean is back for a whole week of beach cleaning events.

Beauty spots have been hit hard by an influx of visitors since lockdown. John Davidson spoke to one land manager about some of the issues