Restoring the Caledonian Forest
Help us restore the Caledonian Forest to one of the UK’s wildest landscapes
Trees for Life is an award-winning charity working to help restore the Caledonian Forest, which formerly covered a large part of the Scottish Highlands. Just 1% of the original forest survives today, as isolated stands of mostly old trees. Since 1989 we’ve been helping to bring this forest back from the brink, both through natural regeneration and by planting trees. Our long term vision is to restore the forest, and all its constituent species, to a 600 square mile area west of Inverness, including our 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate.
Latest News
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- New (well, kind of!) Conservation Holidays –
formerly known as Work Weeks
Our Work Weeks have been renamed as Conservation Holidays. The format is the same, (7 days of inspiring conservation work with likeminded people, in stunning locations at a very affordable rate!) but we hope the name change will make it more obvious and accessible to potential volunteers. Find out more about Conservation Holidays here.
- Please help us turn up the heat at Plodda Lodge!
The recent winter, one of the coldest on record in Scotland, has highlighted the urgent need to install a proper heating system in our Field Base at Plodda Lodge. We've raised over £4,000 already, so please make a donation now to help us reach our target.
- Sign up for our Forest Discovery Week in September
This year we're offering a new, more educationally-focussed Conservation Holiday, based at Dundreggan, beginning on 25th September. The week is ideal for anyone who wants to learn about Scottish wildlife, forest ecology and ecological restoration, whilst carrying out hands-on work in the Caledonian Forest. Only 2 places left now! - book yours here.
- Sale on our Greetings Cards!
A pack of 6 cards is now only £2.95, and a pack of 12 only £4.95. Printed on recycled paper made from 75% post-consumer waste, they feature inspiring images of the Caledonian Forest. Order yours here.
- Biodiversity surveys at Dundreggan - May 2010
Read about the results of the mammal and fungi surveys we had carried out at Dundreggan last year.
- Dundreggan News - May 2010
Updates on the wild boar, deer management and black grouse on our Dundreggan estate in Glen Moriston.
See all news from 2010
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Trees for Life joins UK Biodiversity partnership
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity
The UN has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, and Trees for Life has joined a special partnership in the UK, set up to generate awareness and action to benefit the country's species. We've issued a press release about this, highlighting the biodiversity of Dundreggan, where we've found 56 species on the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan list. See also media coverage in the Scotsman and BBC news and read our article, Restoring biodiversity in the Caledonian Forest (from the journal Reforesting Scotland).
