Version 1: document updated July 2016 Table of Contents 1 How to use this document ................................................................................................................... 5 2 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................. 6 3 Foreword - Fiona Logan ....................................................................................................................... 8 4 Our Vision for Loch Lomond & The Trossachs ................................................................................... 10 5 Our Wild Challenges ........................................................................................................................... 13 Our Mountain Bogs ........................................................................................................................... 13 Our Woodland Habitat Network ....................................................................................................... 13 Black Grouse ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Red Squirrels ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Invasive Non-Native Species ............................................................................................................. 13 6 What is Wild Park 2020? .................................................................................................................... 14 7 Climate Change Programme .............................................................................................................. 16 8 People & Nature Programme ............................................................................................................. 19 9 Woodlands & Forest Programme ...................................................................................................... 24 10 Mountain & Moorland Programme ................................................................................................. 31 11 Lochs, Rivers & Ponds Programme .................................................................................................. 35 12 Lowland & Farmland Programme .................................................................................................... 40 13 Coastal Marine Programme ............................................................................................................. 44 14 Species Action Programme .............................................................................................................. 47 15 Invasive Non-Native Species & Biosecurity Programme .................................................................. 51 16 Geodiversity Programme ................................................................................................................. 55 17 The Scottish Biodiversity Duty ......................................................................................................... 57 18 Our Approach ................................................................................................................................... 60 19 Biodiversity Strategy and Policy Context ......................................................................................... 66 20 Reporting on Wild Park 2020 ........................................................................................................... 71 Appendix I: Policies ............................................................................................................................... 73 Appendix II: Project List ........................................................................................................................ 90 Project 1: Rare Fish in the National Park .......................................................................................... 90 Project 2: Smolt Trapping Of Salmon and Sea Trout ........................................................................ 90 Project 3: Luss Water Sea Trout Recovery Programme .................................................................... 91 Project 4: Habitat Carrying Capacity for Salmon – Endrick ............................................................... 92 Project 5: River Fruin Salmon ............................................................................................................ 93 Project 6: Forth & Teith Salmon Project ........................................................................................... 94 Wild Park 2020 Page | 1 Project 7: Conservation Actions for the Endangered Arctic Charr Population of Loch Eck .............. 94 Project 8: Population Structuring In the Brown Trout Complex of Loch Lomond ............................ 95 Project 9: Owl Nest Box Monitoring ................................................................................................. 96 Project 10: Barn Owl Monitoring ...................................................................................................... 97 Project 11: Bat Box Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 98 Project 12: Wild Challenge – Red Squirrels ....................................................................................... 99 Project 13: Scottish Wildcat Surveys............................................................................................... 100 Project 14: Trossachs Water Voles ................................................................................................. 101 Project 15: Water Voles across the National Park .......................................................................... 102 Project 16: Freshwater Mammals Sightings ................................................................................... 102 Project 17: National Park Black Grouse Monitoring ....................................................................... 103 Project 18: Habitat Enhancement for Black Grouse ....................................................................... 104 Project 19: Callander Black Grouse ................................................................................................. 105 Project 20: Farmland Wader Management .................................................................................... 106 Project 21: Glen Dochart Wader Project ........................................................................................ 107 Project 22: WeBs And BBS Surveys ................................................................................................. 108 Project 23: What’s Up? ................................................................................................................... 109 Project 24: Scottish Dragon Finder Amphibian and Reptile Events ................................................ 110 Project 25: Lepidoptera Surveys ..................................................................................................... 111 Project 26: Lichen Surveys .............................................................................................................. 112 Project 27: Fungi, Lichen and Bryophyte Management.................................................................. 112 Project 28: Butterfly Orchid Monitoring ......................................................................................... 113 Project 29: Endrick and Blane INNS ................................................................................................ 113 Project 30: Rhododendron Control ................................................................................................. 114 Project 31: Response of Bryophytes to Rhododendron Removal .................................................. 115 Project 32: INNS Reporting Systems ............................................................................................... 115 Project 33: Forth INNS Programme - Phases 1 & 2 ......................................................................... 115 Project 34: INNS Tay Catchment ..................................................................................................... 116 Project 35: INNS Control - The Great Trossachs Forest .................................................................. 117 Project 36: Canada Goose Management ........................................................................................ 118 Project 37: National Park Mink Control Forum ............................................................................... 118 Project 38: Habitat Improvements for Priority Species .................................................................. 119 Project 39: Wood Pasture Restoration & Management ................................................................. 120 Project 40: East Loch Lomond Native Woodland Conversion ........................................................ 121 Wild Park 2020 Page | 2 Project 41: Woodland Regeneration in Coire Corrach.................................................................... 121 Project 42: Gleann a'Chlachain Mountain Woodland - Biodiversity Monitoring ........................... 122 Project 43: Heritage Tree Management & Replacement Programme ........................................... 123 Project 44: Tree Health in the National Park .................................................................................. 123 Project