Archaeologists found the illegal distillery on a dig at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve near Killin.
The oblong woodsia was almost wiped out after being prized by Victorian collectors.
Hostelling Scotland began in 1931 with just one site before later growing into a network across the country.
Glen Affric is a large area of woodland, lochs and mountains near Cannich.
The horse was so badly injured in the incident in Glen Urquhart, it had to be put down.
Hundreds of years after the wild cats roamed wild in Scotland, two have been caught in the Cairngorms.
Forestry and Land Scotland has applied for a licence to release the animals on a loch.
RSPB Scotland's Corrimony reserve was badly damaged in a fire that burned for two weeks last year.
The fire service hopes to avoid a repeat of a four-month period last year which saw 133 incidents.
