Meallan
Practical Results of our Work
Meallan is a 55 hectare exclosure and it was the second major project we carried out with Forest Enterprise in Glen Affric. The fence was erected in 1991, encompassing a straggle of old Scots pines and other native trees along the Abhainn Gleann nam Fiadh stream, together with the surrounding open ground, on the north side of Glen Affric.
The area was planned for a combination of natural regeneration from the existing trees and planting on the open ground. Between 1992 and 1994, Trees for Life staff and volunteers planted 28,100 Scots pines inside the exclosure, and 56 aspens were also planted there in 1994.
The photographs below illustrate the natural regeneration of some of the broadleaved trees which has taken place since the fence was completed in 1991.
Alan Watson Featherstone
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