Within the national forest estate, FCS carries out a range of operations to conserve black grouse, including lek counts, enhancing habitat by thinning and felling woodland to create more open and edge habitat, cutting vegetation to improve habitat for young chicks, and incorporating suitable long-term habitat structures in forest design plans.FCS also offers grants and guidance under its Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme for similar conservation measures in private woodland, as well as marking or removing fences in areas where black grouse or capercaillie may...