Projects

Paul Greaves catches up with our ‘Skills for Rewilding’ trainees to find out how they’re getting on now they are halfway through the programme. Paul is responsible for the Skills for Rewilding programme based at Dundreggan, coordinating the training that’s giving fifteen people, over three years, the chance to learn new skills in horticulture, forestry, community engagement and deer and estate management. … read more

• 15th Feb 2019, by Paul Greaves. Image © Alex MacLeod; Trees for Life. Trainees left to right, Nick, Callum, Tim and Rhona.
• News, Projects, Education

Scotland’s only entry in the Forests category of a leading global conservation competition has won funding of more than £25,000 to help ensure the long-term survival of Scotland’s red squirrels. … read more

• 1st Nov 2018, by Trees for Life, Image © Peter Cairns, scotlandbigpicture.com
• News, Projects, Fundraising, Wildlife, Press release

A sticking plaster approach to conservation is failing Scotland’s wildlife – and with species such as red squirrel, wild cat and capercaillie declining or on the edge of extinction, a new era of massive rewilding is needed, says a landmark new book from Trees for Life and SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. … read more

• 29th Oct 2018, by Trees for Life, Image © scotlandbigpicture.com
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Scotland’s only entry in the Forests category of a leading international conservation competition could this week secure funding to create a lifeline for Scotland’s red squirrels, while boosting nature tourism and the Gaelic language in the northwest Highlands. … read more

• 16th Oct 2018, by by Richard Bunting, Image © Neil McIntyre - scotlandbigpicture.com
• News, Projects, Fundraising, Wildlife, Press release, Forest

Trees for Life has launched an appeal to raise £22,000 to ensure a better future for red squirrels in the Highlands of Scotland. … read more

• 16th Mar 2018, by Richard Bunting. Image © Peter Cairns www.scotlandbigpicture.com
• News, General, Projects, Fundraising, Wildlife, Press release, Forest

Award winning Scottish charity Trees for Life is helping to secure the future of Scotland’s native trees by collecting seed from wild tree species in the North-West Highlands. The seeds are being stored in the underground vaults of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank – forming part of the UK’s first national collection of tree seeds.  … read more

• 19th Dec 2017
• News, Projects, Press release, Forest

Supported by last spring’s beaver appeal, Trees for Life began work this summer to determine what a beaver release in the Highlands might look like. We’ve been looking both at ecological impacts and at the local community’s response to a proposal to bring beavers to their area. We decided to use Strathglass as a case study for this work because there is a history of occasional small-scale beaver escapes there. … read more

• 7th Nov 2017, by Alan McDonnell, Conservation Projects Manager. All images © Laurie Campbell
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