MEMBERS’ NEWS JULY 2019

Chair’s welcome

Jim Crumley, the renowned nature writer, recently welcomed Peter Pearson visits members to the Trust’s AGM and Members’ Gathering in East Birnam, . Speaking about Robert Burns’ influence on , Jim reminded us that the poet was among the first to recognise the social union between nature and man. By apologising to an animal in poems like To a Mouse, Burns communicated that humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature. Jim’s view is that such writing must have helped crystallize Muir’s own thoughts. Many years later, we are still fighting to make the importance of protecting wild land for the benefit of people and nature universally accepted, and it was heartening to meet and talk with so many like-minded colleagues and friends across the AGM weekend. Many of the conversations I had with those in attendance reminded me of the importance of balancing our founding principles and ethos with making sure we inspire more people to work in partnership with us to protect wild land and the very concept of wildness in ways that make the Trust relevant in today’s society. Being in Highland Perthshire for the weekend, we got to hear and visit with those involved in the Heart of Forest Partnership. The Trust has been integral to this project that

connects six areas of land with the aim of creating a linked LELLAND KEVIN PHOTOGRAPH: woodland corridor stretching across more than 3,000 hectares, from the Keltneyburn Special Area of Conservation all the way to danger of disappearing completely. The Trust looks after seven Loch Tummel. We learnt more about how that partnership is properties with the highest conservation importance within the supporting diverse projects that are training young people in Atlantic Woodland zone, including three on Skye, two in rural skills; planting trees and giving disabled people access to and one each in and and as a wild places. Eight of the members of the Heart of Scotland result we’ve also signed-up and become a major partner in a new Partnership recently committed time to visit the Trondheim area Atlantic Woodland Alliance aiming to protect Scotland’s rainforest. of Norway to participate in a training course hosted by Duncan Finally, I want to send best wishes to Andrew Bachell. After 39 Halley of the Norwegian Institute of Nature Research and kindly years in conservation, the Trust’s chief executive has decided to funded by the Erasmus+ programme. That’s inspiring them to retire later this year. Over the past two years he’s worked with think further about the future of the initiative. myself, trustees and staff to draft a new strategy, build an You’ll have noticed with the recent launch of our Wild Woods effective staff team and support several new initiatives. There will appeal that we’ve given woodlands a renewed focus. On behalf of be further opportunities to thank him for his contribution and he the staff team, sincere thanks to everyone who has supported our will hand over the Trust to a successor in as healthy a position as aim to plant 50,000 trees at our Knoydart and Skye properties this we’ve been in for some time. year. The oceanic woodlands of the west coast often show little or My thanks to him and my fellow trustees for their tireless work no regeneration due to over-grazing, invasive rhododendron, in service of the Trust during his tenure, and once again thank and commercial conifer plantation, while ash woods are under you to all our members and supporters - without whom we specific threat of dieback disease. With evidence of accelerating cannot move forward in the spirit of John Muir. climate change, these precious and fragile habitats are in real Peter Pearson

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Phoenix Forest, News in brief Glenlude

• Trust rejoins LINK The Trust has reinstated its membership of the national umbrella organisation, Scottish Environment LINK where we will be involved in a number of working groups and be part of a wider coalition campaigning for a world-class Scottish Environment Act. 5-point plan for • Himalayan tragedy Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Martin Moran and the climbing group he was leading, who disappeared making an attempt on an unclimbed, net-zero carbon unnamed summit in the Himalaya – CLARK DAISY PHOTOGRAPH: Peak 6477m – in early June 2019. The John Muir Trust has joined that new tree planting does not forces with nine other expert result in major disturbance of soil • Honour for ex-trustee organisations in Scotland to propose that could trigger large fluxes of Congratulations to Trust member number a five-point plan to deliver net-zero greenhouse gases. six and former trustee Rob Collister who carbon emissions by 2045 through • Reducing deer numbers to has been awarded an MBE for services woodland expansion and other sustainable levels to allow natural to mountaineering and conservation. nature-based programmes. regeneration of trees to occur. This In a letter to Scotland’s First would reduce greenhouse gas • Taller turbines for Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, the group emissions from organic soils and In our spring Journal we reported on Viking of ten suggests that the government would result in tree establishment Energy’s application to increase the height of could make dramatic progress and planting at lower public and the 103 turbines planned for its wind farm on towards meeting its ambitious private cost. Shetland by 10m, taking them to 155m tall. carbon reduction targets by taking • Supporting small-scale forest In May 2019 Scottish Government Ministers the following actions: businesses, agroforestry and approved the application – the scheme has • Significantly increasing the productive mixed woodlands, with never been subject to the scrutiny of a Public proportions of new native woodland more timber being processed closer Local Inquiry in spite of its scale. and productive broadleaved to the timber source, and woodland. This woodland should be commensurate reductions in • Wind farms rulings approximately equal to new areas of emissions from timber transport. Following Public Local Inquiries, the Scottish predominantly Sitka plantations. Along with the John Muir Trust, Government has refused two wind farm • Encouraging community the letter has also been signed by applications at Upper Sonachan in Argyll and participation in afforestation representatives of the Community Dulater on the edge of the National through policies and levers such as Woodland Association; the Crichton Scenic Area, both of which the Trust had land reform, the Land Use Strategy Carbon Centre; the Forest Policy expressed some concern over. and Rural Development grants. Group; Reforesting Scotland; the A further application at Navidale near • Ensuring afforestation does not Royal Scottish Forestry Society; RSPB Helmsdale in Sutherland was rejected by impact negatively on species which Scotland; the Scottish Wildlife Trust; Highland Council’s North Planning Applications depend on open ground habitats Trees for Life; and Woodland Committee due to adverse impacts on such as peatlands and wetlands; and Trust Scotland. landscape, peatlands and the Causeymire and Knockfin Wild Land Area 36. The Trust has submitted objections to three applications for wind farms in the Highlands – Scotland’s Landscape Alliance launched one near Lairg and two near Loch Glascarnoch The John Muir Trust was among 60 organisations that attended the – due to wild land and cumulative impact. launch of an initiative that aims to bring together a diverse range of groups with an interest in Scotland’s landscapes, from engineers to • Hilltracks mountaineers, from community landowners to health professionals. A big thanks to everyone who wrote to their Led by the National Trust for Scotland (represented by former John MSPs ahead of an important debate in the Muir Trust chief executive Stuart Brooks) and the Landscape Institute Scottish Parliament at which changes could Scotland, the Scottish Landscape Alliance (SLA) event marks the start have been made to the Planning Bill to of a concerted effort to understand and maximise the economic, tighten control over bulldozed vehicle tracks. environmental, social, cultural, or health benefits of landscape. Sadly, the changes proposed by Andy Stuart Brooks said: “We are all well aware of how important Scotland’s Wightman MSP were voted down. The Scottish landscape is. It remains the top motivator for visitors to Scotland and is Environment LINK Hilltracks campaign, in of high economic, social, environmental and emotional value.” which the Trust actively participates, says “The SLA does not aim to stop progress, our landscapes are constantly there’s still a compelling case for action – to evolving, but to collectively agree what we want from our landscapes. boost local democracy, improve construction “As a country we should work towards a planned approach that standards and protect precious environments. balances different needs but benefits everyone.” 03

Bryophyte-rich ravine at Beinnn Eighe

Joint effort to save fragile rainforests PHOTOGRAPH: STAN PHILLIPS STAN PHOTOGRAPH:

The Trust signs up to a new alliance to protect and The State of Scotland’s Rainforests, which sets out the scale of the expand the remnants of Scotland’s rainforests challenge and calls for joint action to reduce grazing pressures, control invasive species, expand and connect the remaining A new coalition of conservation organisations – the Atlantic fragmented rainforest sites and restore those that have been Woodland Alliance – has been founded to help save and revitalise damaged by detrimental land management practices. the ancient temperate rainforests of Scotland’s west coast. Mike Daniels, the Trust’s head of land management, said: This unique habitat of native oak, birch, ash, pine and hazel “Saving our rainforests is a global conservation priority. Few woodlands alongside crags, ravines, gorges and open glades is people realise that rainforests aren’t just in the tropics. It is vital home to numerous species of birds, insects, plants and fungi. It is that we work with partners in this coalition to ensure the part of the larger Celtic rainforest that once flourished along the long-term survival and enhancement of the Celtic rainforest in mild and wet western coastal stretches of Scotland, Wales, Scotland, including on the land that we manage on behalf of our Cornwall and Ireland. Seven John Muir Trust properties in Skye, members and local communities.” Knoydart, Lochaber and are located within the Atlantic The other organisations that make up the Alliance are woodland zone. Butterfly Conservation Scotland, the Community Woodlands A good example of this habitat could contain over 200 Association, Forestry and Land Scotland, Future Woodlands different species of bryophytes, such as the deceptive Scotland, and National Park Authority, featherwort and the greater fork moss, and over 150 different the National Trust for Scotland, Plantlife Scotland, the Royal species of lichen, such as tree lungwort and golden specklebelly. Botanic Garden Edinburgh, RSPB Scotland, Scottish Forestry, The launch of the Alliance, which is led by Woodland Trust Scottish Land and Estates, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scotland, was accompanied by the publication of a new report, Scottish Wildlife Trust and Trees for Life.

Trust calls for national plan to relieve tourist pressures As an NGO that manages some of communities and the natural possibility of a coordinated national Scotland’s most attractive landscapes, environment of rising visitor numbers. approach that would include assessing the Trust has written to Scottish Cabinet We have welcomed recent national and managing negative social and Ministers Roseanna Cunningham and initiatives such as the Rural Tourism environmental impacts, while maintaining Fiona Hyslop to ask for a preliminary Infrastructure Fund and are now urging the benefits of tourism by improving discussion on the impact on local the Scottish Government to explore the facilities and services. 04 MEMBERS’ NEWS

Andrew Bachell welcomes people to Birnam. Below: Toby Clark gives a staff update

Trust members gather in Big Tree Country PHOTOGRAPHS: KEVIN LELLAND AND DAISY CLARK DAISY AND LELLAND KEVIN PHOTOGRAPHS:

Alongside speeches, poetry, ceilidh music and local excursions, this that the conference vote down the resolution to allow the three issues to be year’s AGM took place in the Highland Perthshire village of Birnam brought back to the 2020 AGM and voted upon separately. The spring bank holiday weekend brought back at some 2018 highlights. He thanked After a third resolution, dealing with 100 delegates to the Trust’s Annual all those staff and volunteers who have potential conflicts of interest on the General Meeting and Members’ Gathering worked tirelessly over the past year to help board of trustees, was passed by a huge weekend held at the Arts and Conference deliver the Trust’s mission. majority, there was a call for a ballot of all Centre in Birnam, Highland Perthshire on Finance committee convenor Jim members on the issue. Although it 24 and 25 May. Gibson praised the generosity of our narrowly crossed the threshold of 5% of Local speakers entertained and updated members and supporters, noting that we those present, supporters of the ballot later the audience at an informal social have just had a strong financial year – decided to withdraw, which means the reception on the Friday evening. although a significant portion of the resolution stands. They included nature writer Jim money we raised is restricted for Fortified by a healthy lunch of local Crumley; some members of the Heart of specific purposes. produce, some people headed off into the Scotland Forest Partnership (Schiehallion There was no need for a trustees drizzle to explore Birnam and the manager Liz Auty and our neighbours, Jez election. John Finney, a former trustee, Hermitage, the Loch of the Lowes nature Robinson from Dalchosnie and Kynachan has returned to serve a further term as reserve, Schiehallion, Quarrymill Estate, and Andrew Walker from the trustee, while Gair Brisbane, Woodland Park and the Highland Perthshire Community Land Xander McDade and Philip Corbenic Camphill poetry Trust’s Dun Coillich); plus John Muir Graves were announced as path. Others joined in a Award Scotland manager Toby Clark and new trustees, leaving one policy discussion at the poet and playwright Lesley Wilson. place vacant. venue. On their return, The next morning, Martin Davidson Peter Pearson thanked members were greeted from the Outward Bound Trust paid the outgoing trustees – with a warming meal and tribute to a close partnership with our David Broom, Peter Foulkes, rousing music from Pete John Muir Award that goes back 15 years. Jo Moulin, Richard Williams Clark and his ceilidh band. A series of staff reports then described and Douglas Wynn – for the A huge thank you to how the Trust is delivering the priorities work they have done during Mountain Equipment, who set out in our new three-year strategy. their time in office. sponsored the weekend. They ranged over a number of themes, Delegates then debated We are also grateful to including how we are: forming closer three special resolutions to the other organisations connections to local communities; dealing update the articles of association (which and individuals who helped make the with visitor pressures in and around our requires a 75 per cent majority vote). Gathering so enjoyable including our properties; continuing to protect wild The first, to increase membership Heart of Scotland Forest Partners; SWT; places from unsuitable development; subscription rates, was passed NTS; the Camphill community at running a professional, financially overwhelmingly. The second, concerning Corbenic; Quarrymill Woodland Park/ sustainable organisation; encouraging eligibility to nominate and vote in trustee RSPB Scotland; James, Drew and the rest people to connect with nature and the elections, prompted a number of of the Birnam Arts Centre team; and outdoors through the John Muir Award; delegates to express concern that three everyone who contributed towards our and growing our membership. separate points had been incorporated 2019 Prize Draw. Trust chair Peter Pearson then opened into a single resolution. The dates and location for the 2020 the formal AGM by taking a brief look In response, the chair recommended AGM will be communicated in due course. 05

Pupils from John Muir Award Kinlochbervie High School drew contributes £750k to inspiration from local wildlife Scotland’s environment

A year-long monitoring exercise auditing the amount and type of activity carried out by young people in Scotland to meet the Conserve Challenge of the John Muir Award has produced some impressive findings. The audit found that nearly 20,000

PHOTOGRAPH: ROMANY GARNETT ROMANY PHOTOGRAPH: young people contributed on average over 10 hours to environmental action during 2018 through achieving their John Muir Award. In total, the 200,000 hours Wildlife etchings involved would be worth over £750,000 based on how the National Lottery Heritage Fund calculates the value of volunteer labour, using variable hourly unveiled at Sandwood rates based on skills, age and experience. Thirty per cent of activity was carried A year-long project in the North West of working with crofters and the local out by young people experiencing Scotland came to a satisfying end on a community to enhance the facilities disadvantage, and participation was blustery afternoon at the end of May. around the Sandwood Bay area and tackle closely split between males (52 per cent) Pupils from Kinlochbervie High School the impact of increasing visitor numbers. and females (48 per cent). proudly unveiled their artwork which has During this time, there has been lots Young people planted nearly 13,000 been captured on etched stones in our happening including: a family fun day at trees, collected over 5,000 bags of rubbish, Sandwood car park for all to enjoy. Oldshoremore; school outings; upgrade of and maintained over 8km of footpaths. The project was initiated by the John the toilet block; resurfacing of the track and They gathered valuable data through Muir Trust’s Sandwood manager, car park; new stiles put in the core citizen science surveys, started or Don O’Driscoll, who took path network; and new joined environmental campaigns, the young people on a interpretation panels that and minimised their own impact nature walk and are due to go up soon. on wild places. invited them to draw The pupils seemed The Audit was carried out to celebrate their inspiration from pleased to see their young people’s environmental the area’s wildlife. artwork etched into contribution during Scottish Their resulting stone to be enjoyed for Government’s Year of Young People 2018. images of an adder, a generations to come. It helps continue a focus on supporting curlew and a frog – among Afterwards, to complete the young people’s nature connection others – highlight some of the biodiversity celebrations, they searched in the stone through Year of Green Action 2019 that our designated Special Area of benches for hidden chocolates. Huge and #iwill4nature campaigns. Conservation and Site of Special Scientific thanks to the local community, Interest has to offer. Kinlochbervie High School teachers Tree planting on The unveiling marked the end of an Alison Wood and Graeme Smart, and East Schiehallion 18-month Coastal Community Fund contractors George Gunn and (CCF) project which saw the Trust Monumental Masons.

Grounds for hope Responding to the recent damning report from the United Nations on the global biodiversity crisis, the Trust’s head of land management Mike Daniels highlighted some grounds for hope. “This echoes various State of Nature reports covering the nations of the UK, which show a devastating decline of bird, plant and insect species since 1970. But recent events demonstrate that the next generation is prepared to take action to protect our planet from further ecological impoverishment. “Growing numbers of young people are challenging climate change and biodiversity loss in a variety of ways, from participating in high-profile protests to carrying out vital nature conservation work on the ground – including through our own John Muir Award. We need to support this generation and invest more time, money and energy inspiring people from all backgrounds to make nature an everyday part of life.” PHOTOGRAPH: LIZ AUTY LIZ PHOTOGRAPH: 06 MEMBERS’ NEWS

Nordic lessons for Perthshire PHOTOGRAPH: SANDY MAXWELL SANDY PHOTOGRAPH: Eight members of the Heart of Scotland Forest Partnership visited the Trondheim area Path repairs of Norway this May to participate in a training course hosted by Duncan Halley of the at Schiehallion Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and funded through the Erasmus+ programme. “The trip was informative and inspiring and all the participants gained a huge We’re delighted to report that work to amount,” said Schiehallion land manager Liz Auty. carry out essential repairs and “Our next step is to take these insights forward into our collective work in Highland improvements to the Schiehallion path Perthshire, so watch this space for further news!” will be going ahead in August, following a The Heart of Scotland Forest Partnership connects six areas of land with the aim successful fundraising appeal launched of creating a linked woodland corridor stretching across more than 3,000 hectares, last autumn. Thanks to generous from the Keltneyburn Special Area of Conservation all the way to Loch Tummel. donations from members and supporters, as well as significant contributions from Find out more at johnmuirtrust.org/heartofscotland Simeon Moller and members of The Network for Social Change, donations to Duncan Halley’s photo of the the path project have now surpassed the Erasumus trip to Norway shows £60,000 target. members of the Heart of The Schiehallion path will be open to Scotland Forest Partnership walkers as usual during the repairs. You can follow updates from the project on our social media channels, or by subscribing to our email newsletters at johnmuirtrust.org/newsletter

Wild Woods Appeal update

A massive thank you to everyone who has donated so generously to our Wild Woods Appeal. We’ve had a fantastic response so far – at time of writing you had given over £35,000 in just six weeks to help restore woodlands on Skye and Knoydart. Your donations to the Wild Woods Trust team grows Appeal will help to plant and protect 50,000 trees on Li and Coire Dhorrcail on The Trust was established “to conserve Knoydart, and the Strathaird peninsula on and protect wild places with their Skye, restoring native woodlands and indigenous animals, plants and soils creating habitat for woodland species. for the benefit of present and future Mike Daniels, head of land generations” (Memorandum of management for the Trust, said: “With the Association 1983). Almost 36 years recent declarations of climate and later we are working harder than ever biodiversity emergencies there has never to protect and conserve, repair and been a more urgent need for woodland. rewild wild places – as well as inspire Trees are a natural climate solution – and connect people to them. soaking up carbon and reducing rainfall To help achieve these aims, our runoff while providing a home for our team now numbers 55 dedicated wildlife. The Trust is keen to play its part people including new starts in the land to some long serving members of

and the generous support received so far team – Richard Williams (land XX PHOTOGRAPH: staff: head of policy Helen McDade has shows that you, our members, are too.” operations manager), Sarah left after 13 years; policy officer John If you’d still like to support the Wild Livingstone (Glenlude, pictured here Low has left after five years and John Woods Appeal, you can donate online at with Karen Purvis), John Macrae (Skye) Muir Award administrator Cristie johnmuirtrust.org/wildwoods or call and Carrie Weager (Sandwood) – plus Moore has left after 10 years. The 01796 470 080. new policy officer Hebe Carus and Trust thanks them for their The John Muir Trust would also like to engagement officer Ross Brannigan. contribution across the years and thank the Kestrelman Trust for their very This year we have also said goodbye wishes them well for the future. generous gift to this project. 07

Volunteers beach clean with the West Harris Trust, pull rhoddies on Knoydart and protect trees at

2019 conservation

work party update MAXWELL SANDY PHOTOGRAPH: Sandy Maxwell reports on a busy start to our work party year

We are almost a third of the way into the Surfers Against Sewage beach clean Trust helps showcase 2019 work party programme and 56 locally organised by the West Harris Trust. volunteers have already donated over Other work party activities have citizen science 200 hard working days. These range from included hand pulling self-seeded spruce The Trust helped showcase the building brash hedges for new trees on in regenerating native woodland; impact of citizen science at a the Corrour estate to beach cleaning on continuing to help Knoydart Forest Trust Scottish Parliament reception in remote Harris beaches such as Traigh with rhoddie control; painting the toilet early June, demonstrating how wild Crabhadail. You can see pictures of these block at the Sandwood Bay car park; and places and initiatives like the Trust’s work parties on our new helping the community John Muir Award can support people Facebook page www. to roll up a redundant to learn about science and maths. facebook.com/groups/ power line at Inverie Speakers at the reception also johnmuirtrustvolunteers village on Knoydart. included other members of Scottish In 2019 over 2,000 trees Still to come, we have Environment LINK (the forum for were planted on work two more visits to Scotland’s voluntary environmental parties at Schiehallion, Sandwood and two weeks organisations), and Scotland’s Ardvourlie community on the Western Isles where Minister for Rural Affairs and the woodland on Harris and we will be hosted by two of Natural Environment, Mairi inside the brash hedges at the burgeoning community Gougeon. She linked the current Corrour. We also carried owned estates: the North climate emergency with biodiversity out path repairs and and West Harris Trusts. decline, urging the audience to get maintenance on both sides We also have three involved in mitigating the effects of Ladhar Bheinn working planned work parties of climate change and explaining on ground owned by the Trust in Coire with our Assynt Living the vital role of citizen science Dhorrcail as well as on the stalker’s path Landscape (CALL) project partners, in these efforts. from Follach, which is on Knoydart including on our own property, Quinag, Foundation land. Regular maintenance and a week on the community-owned has looked after the Sandwood Bay, Bla Isle Martin. Bheinn and East Schiehallion paths. Shorter work parties of one to three We collected the equivalent of around days will be held on Ben and Glen Nevis, 11 one tonne helibags of rubbish from Glenridding Common, East Schiehallion beaches from Luskentyre to Sandwood and, at the end of the year, on Glenlude. Bay. At Sandwood, we carried the rubbish Find out more about our conservation out several miles to places where it can be work parties at johnmuirtrust.org/ picked up by a vehicle. The beach clean workparties2019 and at johnmuirtrust. on Luskentyre was part of the national org/latest/events 08 MEMBERS’ NEWS

Get together Our new -based engagement officer, Ross Brannigan (pictured below, running the Ridge Race on Skye in June) makes a request. “I’m excited to be working directly with you, helping to spread the word about why we need to protect and conserve some of our most beautiful landscapes. “I look forward to meeting you at events, where I’ll be working to raise the profile of the Trust and encourage others to help us by becoming members or engaging with our activities. I can’t do it all alone, though! “To help us spread the word about wild places, educate people and build the influence and membership of the Trust, we’re looking to establish new Local Members’ Groups across the UK. “No matter where you are, if you want to link up with nearby Trust members, let people know how they can find wildness, or organise your own work parties in a local PHOTOGRAPH: DENIS MOLLISON DENIS PHOTOGRAPH: patch, please get in touch. We can help you get the ball rolling and connect you to other interested members.” Wild Moment: Reflections To find out more, [email protected] or call 01796 484970 by Denis Mollison Wave after wave runs up the shore, as each falls back it turns to glass.

The sands on which I walk are gone; instead the cliff and birds and clouds are duplicated upside down.

How can a mirror feel so soft? Why do I feel the ground at all if I am walking on the clouds?

How easy walking on the edge to disappear into the mind. PHOTOGRAPH:JORDAN YOUNG PHOTOGRAPH:JORDAN Mind lost in thoughts, the body still finds easy walking on the edge. MEMBERS’ GROUPS FORTHCOMING EVENTS Edinburgh David Lintern. Contact James Brownhill and the My feet forgotten in the clouds 9 November, save the date for the Edinburgh team at [email protected] if you support my way unconsciously, Members’ Gathering at the Augustine United want to come along to any work parties or events. the ground feels neither hard nor soft. Church in Edinburgh. Contact: edinburgh@ North West England johnmuirtrust.org 13-15 September, Glenridding Common work The clouds still drift, the birds fly on, North East Scotland party. Contact [email protected] not knowing they are upside down, Monthly regular dates at Glen Tanar, 20 July, 4-6 October, Restoring Hardknott Forest flying beneath the mirror sands; 17 August, 21 September, 19 October, 16 residential weekend, staying in a camping barn November, 14 December. in Duddon Valley. Email John Hodgson at until the glass turns back to foam 8 August and 4 October, assist with conservation [email protected] for more information as the next wave runs up the shore. tasks on the Balmoral Estate. and to book your space. 29-30 October, assist with conservation tasks Southern England on the Estate. See Trust founder Denis Mollison’s 24 July, Southern Members’ Gathering at King exhibition, Portraits of the Edge, at the 31 October, all welcome at the NE Scotland Local Street Brewhouse, Bristol from 7.15pm Members’ Group Gathering at Aberdeen Wild Space in Pitlochry from 19 July – University with outdoor writer and photographer Visit our website for further details of all events! 2 August. Share your own wild moment at johnmuirtrust.org/wild-moments

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