27 November 2015Anhistoric monument from the 11th century, which has been conserved thanksto an Ancient Monument Grant from Historic Environment Scotland and a BuiltHeritage Repair Grant from Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, hasbeen unveiled this week in Luss Graveyard.TheHogback stone is an important 11th century scheduled monument, whichwas viewed by the many people who visited the category B listed St MackessogChurch and graveyard in one of the National Park’s most popular visitord...

9 November 2015Island Drift is an immersive photographic installation, created byrenowned public art charity NVA, in partnership with Loch Lomond & TheTrossachs National Park for the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. Theexhibition will open to the public on 14 November at Street Level Photoworks inGlasgow.Over an eight month period National Park Rangers helped designer JamesJohnson, photographer Alan McAteer and NVA’s creative director Angus Farquhar,to create the art work around Loch Lomond. By p...

31 October 2015Callander Landscape Partnership secures £1.5m Heritage Lottery Fund support to connect peoplewith the countryside in historic geological “gap”The CallanderLandscape Partnership has been awarded an earmarked grant¹ of £1.5m from the Heritage LotteryFund (HLF) through its Landscape Partnership (LP) programme² for the ‘Callander's Pass - Mind The Gap’ project,it was announced today.  Thecommunity-led project is the result of collaboration between local community organisations,Loc...

Issued by Forestry Commission Scotland12 October 2015EnvironmentMinister, Dr Aileen McLeod, today (Monday 12 October) visited The GreatTrossachs Forest – Scotland’s newest National Nature Reserve and the biggestreserve of its kind in the UK.Hailed asan exemplar and a jewel in the crown of Scotland’s forests, the Great TrossachsForest is managed in partnership between Forest Enterprise Scotland, RSPB Scotlandand Woodland Trust Scotland and is located at the heart of the Loch Lomond& The Trossa...

4 November 2015A new four-part Channel 5 TV series unearths the stories of the magnificent landscapes and wildlife in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.  The ‘must-watch’ series is set to be broadcast over the next four weeks with the first episode scheduled to go out next Tuesday, November 10 at 8pm.Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild uses breath-taking cinematography to capture the changing seasons in the magnificent landscapes in Scotland’s first National Park. ...