FCSis helping to monitor the incidence of squirrelpox virus in the populations ofgrey and red squirrels in the affected area, and it has trained the projecttrappers and some private estate trappers to enable them to carry out greysquirrel control. FCS and the Executive’sRural Directorate have also proposed measures under the Scottish Rural Development Plan for new targetedgrants for grey squirrel control to help red squirrel conservation.