Cairngorms Connect is a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park.
Non-native conifer removal
8219
hectares
Pinewood field layer grazed or cut
1632
hectares
Scots pine plantation restructuring
2275
hectares
Staff employed across the partnership
60+
full time equivalent
Deer management across the entire area
60000
hectares
Peatland restoration
1539.5
hectares
Floodplain restoration
79
hectares
New native woodland planted
1360
hectares
Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme funding spent locally
£2912082.83
Illustrations by Holly Acland
Hill to Grill 2025 was a day of connection and community, music and talks, crafting and creativity - and, of course, delicious wild Cairngorms Connect Venison!
Rosie Beetschen and Megan Jones tell tales of bog monsters coming back to life in our regenerating peatland landscape
