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Journal 68 Spring 2020 JOHN MUIR TRUST 16 What marine strandings tell us about the health of our seas 22 The prospects for change in JOURNAL Scotland's deer management 28 How trees support our world in 68 SPRING 2020 a variety of complex ways What lies beneath… Protecting our coastal riches CONTENTS 033 REGULARS 05 Chief Executive’s welcome 06 News round-up 32 Books Reading the Gaelic Landscape (Leughadh Aghaidh na Tìre), by John Murray; Under the Stars – A Journey into Light, by Matt Gaw 34 Interview In August 2019, 25-year-old Rosie Watson 16 embarked on a ‘New Story Run’ – a largely solo journey from the UK to Mongolia exploring stories around how we can better live, work and meet our needs in the climate 20 crisis. Kevin Lelland finds out more FEATURES 10 National treasures In this designated 'Year of Coasts and Waters', Lucy Wallace highlights the natural riches of Scotland's coastal environments – and the many challenges they face 16 All at sea Although such findings are always tinged with sadness, the marine life discovered washed up on our beaches reveals much about the health of our seas, explains Carrie Weager 34 20 Swim and tonic Never one to knowingly pass a body of water without considering jumping in, Helen Mason reveals more about her passion for outdoor swimming 22 Silent destruction As politicians ponder the findings of a two-year review into deer management in 22 Scotland, Alan McCombes reflects on the prospects for change PHOTOGRAPHY (CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN): HOWARD WOOD/COAST; ROSIE WATSON; PETER CAIRNS 26 Journey for Wildness Clare Pemberton introduces an exciting new COVER: INQUISITIVE GREY SEAL PUP, SHUTTERSTOCK initiative that the Trust hopes will inspire people to experience and, ultimately, help JOURNAL 68, SPRING 2020 protect wild places around the UK 28 Root and branch Contributing Editor: Trees play a vital role in absorbing and storing Rich Rowe [email protected] carbon dioxide, but that only tells a fraction of Managing editor: their story – as Ali Wright reveals on a tour of Alan McCombes [email protected] the special trees found on Trust properties Design and production: Connect Communications connectcommunications.co.uk This journal is printed on Revive 100 uncoated If you would rather receive publications from stock, a recycled grade paper containing 100% the John Muir Trust electronically, please post-consumer waste and manufactured at a email [email protected] mill accredited with ISO 14001 environmental management standard. The pulp used in this The John Muir Trust is a Scottish charitable product is bleached using an Elemental company limited by guarantee. Registered Chlorine Free (ECF) process. We use a Scottish office: Tower House, Station Road, Pitlochry printer, which has excellent environmental PH16 5AN credentials, achieving environmental standard ISO4001 plus FSC and PEFC standards all in Charity No. SC002061. 2006. Company No. SCO81620 HEAD OFFICE John Muir Trust t. 01796 470 080 Sign up for our monthly enewsletter at johnmuirtrust.org/newsletter Tower House w. johnmuirtrust.org Station Road Pitlochry Follow us on: Keep up-to-date with events and local activities at Perthshire PH16 5AN @JohnMuirTrust johnmuirtrust.org ‘As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing… I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.’ John Muir Show your lifelong connection to wild places... Becoming a Life Member of the John Muir Trust helps strengthen our ability to care for the places we all love. Together we can give wild places a voice for ever. Find out more johnmuirtrust.org/lifelongconnection CHIEF EXECUTIVE 05 New values in a changing world WELCOME to this spring edition of the Journal and March, everything has changed: the mountain trails are my first chance to share thoughts with you as the closed, the villages deserted and the hostels empty. Trust’s new Chief Executive. I am delighted to be here While the Trust needs to be flexible and nimble in and during my first couple of months have found a responding to change, we also need to stand firm in vibrant, dynamic organisation and colleagues who are defence of our principles and our long-term vision. warm and welcoming. Our natural assets have been subject to attrition for a As I write, a global pandemic spreads rapidly, long time and the places of our youth no longer exist threatening lives and disrupting the whole of society. as we remember them. We’ve accepted degradation My priorities are, firstly, to ensure the health, safety politely and with grace, cowed by arguments that we and long-term welfare of our team; and, secondly, to need relentless economic growth, and pressured into set up new systems that will allow our work to accepting rural policies that, however well continue to the best of our ability. We know that Trust intentioned, are oblivious to the need for sustainable, members will act responsibly by looking after place-based economies. themselves and their families, and by following The attrition of our natural assets respects no government advice to take whatever steps are border and is driven by the choices we make. From necessary to protect TV documentaries we learn of the destruction of the the most vulnerable rainforests of Amazonia, the mass pollution of our in our communities. oceans by plastics, the melting of the polar ice caps. You can read more We are less aware of the gradual, insidious destruction on page 6 about the of nature on our own doorsteps. The overgrazing changes we have across large areas of our uplands, driven by the introduced as of late interests of a minority who kill wildlife for sport, is an March. We are, issue that we explore further on page 22. however, in uncharted These activities do create a small number of jobs, territory. Things are but with change now looking likely, we need to help changing day by day, those in the ‘game’ industry secure future and by the time you employment as stewards of the land. To secure their read this issue some trust, we need coherent strategies for rural economic of our plans may development that respect and understand the already have been connection between society, people and place. overtaken by events. I recently attended a meeting in the Scottish The Trust has Parliament with community landowners all proud of always raised its their natural environment and aware of its sights beyond the importance. Within their communities, they face immediate horizon. matters of pressing urgency, such as providing Politicians by affordable housing, broadband connections to necessity tend to facilitate entrepreneurial activity, and leadership to focus on the next five develop a place-based approach and help the land years, while those of uses created by the Victorian era adjust to the needs us involved with the of contemporary society. environment tend to To be relevant and effective, the Trust will increase think in decades and its engagement with local people to improve lives, even centuries. create viable economies as well as to help restore and Just before starting revitalise landscapes and ecosystems. work with the Trust Finally, in the midst of this great global effort to see I was climbing in Patagonia with my son. We based off a devastating threat, I see signs that people may be ourselves in the village of El Chalten within Los more willing than ever before to reassess their Glaciares National Park, now only 30 years old. With a priorities. To reset their values. To think about what resident population of 1,500 it has become the really matters. We are on this planet for only a short destination of choice for many in South America time, but our land, our seas, our rivers remain. And wishing to see the spires of the Torre and Fitz Roy the decisions we take today will have repercussions ranges. Its wild nature makes it an economic gold far into the future. mine for the local community. Will this crisis act as a wake-up call for the benefit of In December and January, the village was nature and wild places? I hope so and look forward to experiencing blistering tourist growth, with visitors working with the John Muir Trust in the years to come outnumbering the local population by six to one. as we seek to convince many, many more people to JOHN MUIR TRUST MUIR JOHN Although on a different scale, its ‘wild’ economic join us in the journey towards a wilder future. potential reminded me of the opportunities and pressures on some of our own communities in the David Balharry PHOTOGRAPH: PHOTOGRAPH: Highlands, the Lake District and elsewhere. Now, in Chief Executive, John Muir Trust 06 NEWS JOHN MUIR TRUST JOURNAL SPRING 2020 Sandwood Bay in all its glory Wild Waters Appeal launch This spring, we are launching a new appeal to PETER CAIRNS/SCOTLAND: THE BIG PICTURE BIG THE CAIRNS/SCOTLAND: PETER help care for two of our most spectacular coastal landscapes. Funds raised through our ongoing Wild PHOTOGRAPH: Waters Appeal will help safeguard the shores, lakes, lochs and rivers across all the wild Coronavirus and the John Muir Trust places we care for, beginning with two iconic coastlines – spectacular Sandwood Bay in We go to print just as the UK has been put into lockdown to combat the Sutherland and the rugged shore of the spread of the coronavirus. These are extraordinarily anxious times, which are Strathaird Peninsula on Skye. having a severe impact on all our lives. Looking after coastal areas such as these As a socially responsible environmental NGO, we have implemented can be uniquely challenging, starting with the government guidelines from the start of this crisis to protect our staff, endless plastic that washes up on beaches volunteers and the communities in which they live and work.
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