Conservation

Scotland is universally recognised as one of Europe’s last remaining wilderness areas.

Since being established in 1983, we have acquired tracts of land in the Scottish Highlands.

It is our intention to acquire more land in these areas which are in danger of being changed into blocks of identical pine-forest.

Don’t you find it perplexing that people nowadays plant pine-forests which are completely different to natural forests? Pine trees look pretty, they are pretty but they are not native to Scotland (apart from Scots pine). The Scandinavian pine plantations do not contain the various species of tree that exist in a natural forest. Apart from the monotonous effect of this action and the total disregard for Scotland's natural beauty, the resulting effects on wildlife could be catastrophic.

Already these plantations have disturbed the ecology with unfortunate effects on the local flora and fauna. There is no natural undergrowth to support wildlife, and the trees are planted in rows as tightly as is economically possible. Pathways, though few and far between in these "tree factories", are limited to only a few metres and are often blocked off by machinery, or log barricades.

As a necessary part of our ongoing conservation & regeneration programme, wel are currently replanting some of these areas with many native species of deciduous trees; including, Rowan, Alder, Willow, Hornbeam etc, to help create a natural mixed woodland where local flora and fauna can survive and live in safety.

As one of our Lairds or Ladies you will help these natural areas to survive. It’s a small beginning - but it’s a beginning!

This could be the last chance to preserve one of the most strikingly beautiful landscapes in Great Britain (perhaps even in the world) for future generations.

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