Call for volunteers to shout it from Cairngorms treetops!
The Woodland Trust Scotland is on the look-out for volunteer speakers in the Cairngorms to play a role in its exciting new Ancient Woodland Restoration project.
The conservation charity is seeking eloquent individuals who share a passion for woodland, especially ancient woodland – one ofthe most precious habitats and home to hundreds of rare or threatened species of wildlife.
This UK-wide project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, could see the restoration of 52,000 hectares of damaged ancient woodland.
This involves the gradual removal of conifers, allowing a greater amount of light to penetrate the woodland canopy and encouraging specialist species to recover.
The five-year project is active on the ground next year and will see the restoration of woodland across 10 priority areas, including the Cairngorms and Hinterlands and the Great Glen and Three Firths.
The trust plans to work with over 1,000 landowners throughout the UK, offering advice and training to help them restore ancient woods planted with conifers to their natural broadleaved state.
Karen Fisher, the trust’s volunteer speakers officer, said: "We are keen to enlist the support of volunteer speakers across Scotland.
"We’re ideally after individuals who have experience of public speaking and presenting, and who have a real interest in woodland and conservation.
"We want people who are keen to learn more about ancient woodland restoration and who will, in turn, take that knowledge and share it with the wider community.
"By delivering talks to interested groups, our speakers will help showcase this special project."
For more infrormation email vsmail@woodlandtrust.org.uk or visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/volunteer
