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
The cold, dark Winter months offer an invitation to pause and reflect. As the year draws to a close, another year towards our 200-year vision, we take time to review the highlights from 2024.
To mark World Soil Day, Lynn Cassells writes a love letter to soil and explains why it is so important to her work at the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery.
