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Annual Report 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ‘The elders were wise. They knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; they knew that lack of respect for growing, living things, soon led to lack of respect for humans, too.’ Chief Luther Standing Bear, Sicangu and Oglala Chief johnmuirtrust.org Chair’s report 2020 WAS A CRUCIBLE for the Trust. The in pursuit of its charitable objectives in Cover photo: The River challenges of a global pandemic affected all future years. Trustees were delighted to see Affric runs through autumnal woodland our personal and work lives. Many of our more than 1,000 of our Members consult along Glen Affric staff team were furloughed for long periods. on proposed new articles for the Trust – a by James Shooter/ Volunteering activities were postponed, healthy interest in the future governance of scotlandbigpicture.com events cancelled, and projects on the land the charity. Work to protect wild land from in our care delayed. Closures to schools inappropriate windfarms grew during the meant the number of John Muir Awards our year, while a new land carbon tax proposal partners could deliver reduced. from the Trust – helping protect wild places Yet 2020 also represented a point of while combatting the climate crisis and significant opportunity and space for addressing biodiversity loss – is garnering innovation. Our first online AGM attracted widespread interest among influential Members from around the world. A groups. ACKNOWLEDGING £100,000 investment supported the A huge thank you to everyone who SUPPORT FROM: ambitions of the Langholm community in helps the Trust advocate for wild places. the Scottish Borders to bring a wild place Your support has been as strong as ever into community ownership. A new Trust and means we once again report a positive eNewsletter Wild Inside brought a little bit financial year. Finally, a note of thanks to of wildness and joy to households across my fellow Trustees. Many have contributed the UK during lockdown, introducing more hours than ever in support of the thousands more people to our work. charity in this most unusual year of Society’s interest in connecting with wild challenge and opportunity. places peaked as never before. We saw record numbers of visits to the land in our ANNUAL REPORT care as lockdowns eased. SPONSORED BY Kept indoors for much of the year, the staff team increased its focus on improving the systems and processes that underpin our ways of working. New HR and financial Dave Gibson systems don’t warrant headlines, but they Chair A full list of Trust supporters will help the Trust be even more effective John Muir Trust are on the back page. John Muir Trust milestones 55 5,000 Memorandum and Membership Membership John Muir Articles of the John reaches 55 reaches 5,000 Award Muir Trust signed launched East 2 February by four Sandwood Schiehallion founders 1983 1985 1987 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1999 2000 Li and Coire Dhorrcail, Red Cuillin, Bla Bheinn, Glamaig, Knoydart Torrin, Skye Strathaird, Skye Sconser, Skye Ben Nevis 2 JOHN MUIR TRUST Annual Report 2020 CEO’s report THIS PAST YEAR has been unlike any we the Scottish Government is about to propose TRUSTEES have ever known. We have suffered pain, significant reform. We are not complacent. Gair Brisbane, Alan Dobie, John Finney, loss, restrictions, turmoil. The crisis, however, We understand whatever the details of any David Gibson, Jim has also helped instil us with a new sense announcement, there will still be much work Gibson, Philip Graves, of perspective. In normal times, it’s easy to do to make sure that any new legislation Emily Henderson, to be derailed into polarised thinking that is fit for purpose. We are moving in the right Patricia Jordan, Chris Loynes, Xander McDade, drains time and energy, while neglecting direction. Raymond Simpson, opportunities to pull together with others to Finally, on behalf of the Trust Jane Smallman, Chris make a real difference. Management Team, I want to welcome new Townsend, Andrew During 2020, we have set out to forge new staff who have joined the Trust in the past Whitfield links and strengthen existing relationships. year: Emily Button, Jenny Holmes, Clara Risi, JOHN MUIR TRUST Some are still at an early stage, but it’s Cecilie Dohm, Lani Dines, Julie Gough and MANAGEMENT TEAM heartening to report constructive discussions Kevin Cumming. I also want to pay tribute to David Balharry, Chief Executive; Mike Daniels, with a diverse range of organisations across those few who have moved on. In particular, Head of Policy and the public, private and voluntary sectors. a heartfelt thanks on behalf of the whole of Land Management; From the Scottish Crofting Federation the Trust to two long-standing veterans who Kevin Lelland, Head of Development and to NatureScot; from the Scottish Land contributed immensely to our work over the Communications; Commission to the UK Climate Change years: Sandy Maxwell, who worked tirelessly Emma Reed, Head of Committee; from Community Land Scotland for many years with our volunteer work Engagement; Kerry Ross, to Wild Land Ltd; from the Just Transition parties; and Mel Nicoll who spearheaded our Director of Finance and Resources. Commission to the Scottish Climate campaigning work to protect wild places. Assembly; from Scottish Environment LINK The John Muir Trust is a to the UK Wildlife and Country Link, we have Scottish charitable company limited by guarantee. (Charity engaged far and wide, always looking for No. SC002061, Company No. common ground where we may be able to SC081620). Registered office: Tower House, Station Road, work together. Pitlochry PH16 5AN. Tel: One outstanding example of a 01796 470080. collaborative approach is the campaign to protect our land from the destructive impact David Balharry of increasing deer numbers. As we go to Chief Executive press, we are hearing reports suggesting that John Muir Trust 10,000 250,000 Membership 250,000th reaches 10,000 John Muir wild space Award Quinag The Trust’s Wild Space visitor centre opens in Pitlochry 2004 2005 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2017 2020 100,000th John Muir Award Scottish Natural Glenridding Heritage Wild Glenlude, Common lease, 100,000 Land Areas Map Scottish Borders Lake District published in June 3 Repairing and rewilding PHOTO: ALEX GILMORE PHOTO: DESPITE RESTRICTIONS and surface. In the summer, we bagged Working with lockdowns, more people than ever 240 sacks of rocks and aggregates, others to enhance, are enjoying exploring the outdoors. which took a helicopter 11 hours to However, footfall and rainfall can place them strategically all along the repair and rewild turn paths into deep scars blemishing damaged sections on the mountain the places we love to visit. path. ecosystems and In 2020 local contractors helped Meanwhile in Glen Nevis, we maintain, repair and rebuild spent 36 days maintaining and landscapes kilometres of footpaths, from the repairing the Steall Gorge path, while Lake District to Sutherland, and from in the Lake District our two local Perthshire to Skye. In total the Trust contractors fixed a major new short invested nearly a quarter of a million cut developing which threatened to pounds in this vital work during the deteriorate rapidly. year - all raised with the generosity On Skye we fixed a narrow and of Members, supporters, trusts and steep section of the Elgol coastal foundations. path. Meanwhile local students The need for this huge effort signed up for a four-day course in became even more apparent with the Torrin where they worked on the surge in hillwalkers in the summer as Strath Beag path building water bars, the first lockdown eased. Our people a drain, steps and pitching. counter at Schiehallion recorded A further 30 workdays saw us double the usual number of visitors tackling areas of braiding and water in July. Fortunately, we were able to damage on the Bla Bheinn path. On carry out urgent repairs to the new the Glen Sligachan, Druim Hain, low level, accessible Foss Loop walk, and Loch Coruisk paths drains were where flash flooding in February cleared, sections of stone pitching had gouged out part of the path were added, surfacing topped up, and washed off a section of the top ditches dug, cross drains built and 4 JOHN MUIR TRUST Annual Report 2020 CASE FOR SUPPORT Our volunteer heroes Repair Before the first lockdown, 26 volunteers helped and rewild with beach cleans at Polin (removing 18 bags of We will repair and rewild suitable rubbish) and Oldshoremore (39 bags). areas of land by enriching biodiversity From mid-March onwards we were forced to and working collaboratively with others to achieve landscape-scale suspend our regular conservation work parties. restoration of natural processes (for However, once the first lockdown eased, we example, the expansion of native were able to re-start working with smaller woodlands). groups of our regular local volunteers at Ben This natural transformation has Nevis, Glenlude and Quinag. the potential to deliver multiple Following an exceptionally busy ‘tourist’ public benefits, including revitalised season on Ben Nevis, volunteers helped us rural communities, reduced carbon emissions, improved soil fertility, with litter-picking and clearing drains on the stronger flood defences, and deeper main path up the Ben. Their final summit work connections between people and party in October cleared 13 bags of litter and an place. abandoned tent. Help us repair and rewild wild places Volunteers returned to Glenlude in September by enabling us to: to start preparing the newly felled conifer n Increase the number of wild places plantation for native woodland planting that are managed sustainably and – helped for a week by a low-impact, but progressively, using the Trust’s highly impressive, pair of working horses.
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