The recreation team must rebuild steps on a well-worn pathway up a hillside. A specialist team from Wales arrive to harvest timber from inaccessible areas. We learn about two conservation projects.
A specialist engineering team is called in when crosscut stacker breaks down at the sawmill in Lockerbie. A decline in salmon numbers has led to a tireless effort to restock the River Cree. The recreation team deal with a rat problem.
Volunteers are renovating a remote bothy and need the help of the recreation team to get the building materials to the remote location. Elsewhere teams tackle larch disease, felling infected trees.
We meet some of the truckers who transport the logs out of the forest. Stone is needed to build and maintain forest roads but before blasting can take place the area must be checked for pine martens.
Community liaison Lyndy must investigate two fishing huts illegally built on Forestry Commission land. Chainsaw operators test their skills in the UK Logging Championships. A pony show is arranged at the campsite.
The Galloway Hills Rally draws crowds to the forest. In the days leading up to the event the recreation teams must create safe viewing areas for them. Elsewhere recently felled areas are restocked and deer numbers managed.
