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NEWS: Grand Plans for Coigach and Assynt

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 UKH News 06 Jun 2011
Looking north from Stac Pollaidh , 2 kbA group of landowners have joined forces to create one of the biggest conservation projects in the UK, working across 70,000 hectares of northwest Scotland. For fans of Highland habitat restoration this is exciting news, suggesting that ambitious conservation and the economic development of remote communities need not be mutually exclusive ends.

Read more at http://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/item.php?id=62535
feepole 07 Jun 2011
Superb news. Was walking in coigach earlier this year, and seeing the extensive planting going on on slopes of beinn an eoin I was struck by how interesting it would be to see the woodland develop over coming decades. Reforestation is such an immense challenge, but this sounds like a real step I'm the right direction (fingers crossed that they're spared the wildfires!)
In reply to feepole: Exciting eh? I've just added a map of the project area to the news item - it's a pretty big area...
 DougG 09 Jun 2011
In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Really excellent news by the look of it!
feepole 13 Jun 2011
In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:
Just seen the map Dan. Nice one. That really is quite an area.
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